Journal article
Evolution of the Interindustry Wage Structure in C hina Since the 1980s
Pacific economic review (Oxford, England), v 20(1), pp 17-44
Feb 2015
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Abstract
Abstract Industry mean wages in C hina have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early1990s. Researchers have attributed this rising inequality within the industrial wage structure to: (i) increasingly competitive labour markets leading to better matches between worker pay, worker skills and employer demands; or (ii) residual government control in some industrial sectors that has generated high wages through monopoly rent sharing. We argue that the rise in C hina's industrial wage dispersion is primarily attributable to increasingly competitive labour markets, which have led to greater returns to schooling and to efficient redistribution of workers across major industry groups. We cannot reject the null hypothesis that the level or changes in government monopoly power has had negligible impact on C hina's rising industrial wage dispersion.
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- Title
- Evolution of the Interindustry Wage Structure in C hina Since the 1980s
- Creators
- Ohyun Kwon - University of Wisconsin–MadisonSimon Chang - Central University of Finance and EconomicsBelton M. Fleisher - Central State University
- Publication Details
- Pacific economic review (Oxford, England), v 20(1), pp 17-44
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000350202700002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84923177595
- Other Identifier
- 991021861874204721
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