The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007
This paper examines the effect of the public sector and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on wage inequality in urban China using China Household Income Project data. It applies quantile regression analysis, the Machado and Mata decomposition to investigate how urban wage inequality was affected by the...
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| author | Xia, Qingjie Song, Lina Li, Shi Appleton, Simon |
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| description | This paper examines the effect of the public sector and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on wage inequality in urban China using China Household Income Project data. It applies quantile regression analysis, the Machado and Mata decomposition to investigate how urban wage inequality was affected by the changes in wage structure and employment shares of the public sector and SOEs. We find that since the radical state sector reforms designed to reduce overstaffing and improve efficiency in the late 1990s, urban wage gaps were narrowed due to the reduction in the employment share of the state sector; the wage premium of the state sector in comparison with the non-state sector increased significantly; and changes in the wage structure of the labour market caused the rise in urban wage inequality. |
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| spelling | nottingham-318462020-05-04T16:41:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31846/ The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 Xia, Qingjie Song, Lina Li, Shi Appleton, Simon This paper examines the effect of the public sector and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on wage inequality in urban China using China Household Income Project data. It applies quantile regression analysis, the Machado and Mata decomposition to investigate how urban wage inequality was affected by the changes in wage structure and employment shares of the public sector and SOEs. We find that since the radical state sector reforms designed to reduce overstaffing and improve efficiency in the late 1990s, urban wage gaps were narrowed due to the reduction in the employment share of the state sector; the wage premium of the state sector in comparison with the non-state sector increased significantly; and changes in the wage structure of the labour market caused the rise in urban wage inequality. Taylor & Francis 2014-01-23 Article PeerReviewed Xia, Qingjie, Song, Lina, Li, Shi and Appleton, Simon (2014) The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 12 (1). pp. 29-45. ISSN 1476-5284 China public sector SOEs urban wage inequality wage gaps quantile regression counterfactual analysis http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14765284.2013.875282 doi:10.1080/14765284.2013.875282 doi:10.1080/14765284.2013.875282 |
| spellingShingle | China public sector SOEs urban wage inequality wage gaps quantile regression counterfactual analysis Xia, Qingjie Song, Lina Li, Shi Appleton, Simon The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title | The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title_full | The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title_fullStr | The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title_short | The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 |
| title_sort | effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban china: 1988–2007 |
| topic | China public sector SOEs urban wage inequality wage gaps quantile regression counterfactual analysis |
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