“民工荒”现象的经济学解释——基于劳动力供需双方知觉的分析

The Economic Explanation on the Phenomenon of Farmer-turned Worker Shortage——An Analysis based on the Perception of both Labor Supply and Demand

我国东南沿海地区出现的“民工荒”是有悖于经济学常理的现象,主要原因在于劳动力供需双方知觉上存在的偏差,导致劳动力价格上存在太大的差距。要解决“民工荒”问题,就必须从政府、企业及民工三方面着手,尽量缩小劳动力供需双方知觉上存在的偏差。

In china, the phenomenon of farmer-turned worker shortage in southeast coastal area is contrary to the economic sense. The main reason lies on the perceptional bias from both sides of labor supply and demand, resulting in a large deviation on labor costs. To solve the problem of farmer-turned worker shortage, we should start with the government, enterprises and workers, reduce the perceptional bias from both sides of labor supply and demand.