Consumption response to minimum wages: evidence from Chinese households

Ernest Dautović, Harald Hau and Yi Huang

No 2333, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: The paper evaluates the impact of the Chinese minimum wage policy on consumption of low-wage households for the period 2002-2009. Using a representative household panel, we find that the consumption response to minimum wage income shock is increasing in the minimum wage share of household income and that poorer households fully consume their additional income. The large marginal propensity to consume is driven by households with at least one child, while childless poor households save two thirds of a minimum wage hike. The expenditure increase is concentrated in health care and education with potentially long-lasting benefits to household welfare. JEL Classification: E24, J38, C26

Keywords: household consumption; labor income; minimum wages; transfer income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-12
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Working Paper: The Consumption Response to Minimum Wages: Evidence from Chinese Households (2017)
Working Paper: The Consumption Response to Minimum Wages: Evidence from Chinese Households (2017)
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