What Do Unions in a Workers’ Paradise Do? Provincial-Level Evidence on Wages, Employment, Productivity, and Economic Output in China
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Utilizing provincial-level data from the period of 1994-2008, this paper studies the relationship between union density and wages, employment, productivity, and economic output in China. The findings indicate that union density does not affect average wage levels, but is positively associated with productivity and output outside of the agricultural sector. These results are consistent with the weak monopoly power of Chinese unions that are not independent and that lack the right to strike, but suggest that Chinese unions might have a strong collective voice face.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012