Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9554530 | Journal of Comparative Economics | 2005 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Using a worker-firm matched sample, this paper compares the changes of wage structures of urban and rural enterprises following public sector restructuring in China's manufacturing sector. While the wage responses of rural firms with respect to firm characteristics are found to have declined steadily, compensation of urban workers has become increasingly linked to their firms' ability to pay. Our analysis reveals that industrial restructuring has weakened the influence of institutional factors, such as market power, soft budget constraints, and insider influence, on the wage determination of rural firms but it has enhanced their impact on urban firms. Journal of Comparative Economics33 (4) (2005) 664-687.
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Authors
Xiao-Yuan Dong,