FIRM SIZE AND WAGES IN CHINA

Wenshu Gao and Russell Smyth

No 05-09, Development Research Unit Working Paper Series from Monash University, Department of Economics

Abstract: While most studies find evidence of a wage-firm size premium, we find that larger firms in China actually pay lower wages. We also find that the most plausible explanation for this result is that larger firms in China employ a higher ratio of blue-collar workers.

Keywords: wages; firm size; China. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J30 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2009-03-03
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