We use a prespecified research design to estimate the employment effect of minimum wages in China over the period 2000 to 2007. Our results are consistent with theoretical expectations and institutional realities of Chinese labor markets. These include: negative employment effects in slower growing regions; larger negative effects in non-state-owned organizations that tend to be more responsive…
We utilize a data set that has not been used in literature—the Life Histories and Social Change in Contemporary China (LHSCCC)—to provide new evidence on malefemale pay differences in China. The data set not only enables us to control for a wide range of pay-determining characteristics but also is the first to enable an analysis of the different components of pay (e.g., base pay and perform…