Social security contributions, labor income share, and corporate innovation

Tongbin Li and Juan Gao

Finance Research Letters, 2025, vol. 77, issue C

Abstract: Corporate innovation is regarded as a key driver of economic growth and technological progress. This paper uses panel data from Chinese listed companies for the period 2009–2023 to assess the impact of social security contributions on corporate innovation. The results show that social security contributions can effectively promote corporate innovation. Specifically, social security contributions positively affect corporate innovation by enhancing human capital intensity, and a higher labor income share strengthens the positive impact of social security contributions on corporate innovation. The findings have important theoretical and practical implications for promoting China's innovation-driven development strategy.

Keywords: Social security contributions; Corporate innovation; Labor income share; Human capital intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 J24 J33 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107123

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