Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance

Tony Fang and Ying Ge ()
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Ying Ge: School of International Trade and Economics, Beijing

No 7870, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a "collective voice" face but lack of "monopoly" face. The government influence plays an important role in unionization. The empirical findings on the effectiveness of unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability. Moreover, the presence of unions in same region and industry generates negative spillovers on enterprise performance.

Keywords: unions; laws; productivity; profitability; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 J52 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2013-12
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Published - published in: Asian Business & Management, 2019,18, 281–300.

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