The wage structure and gap between public and private sectors
An empirical study in urban China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15068071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mingming Li (0000-0002-4681-358X, Central European University, corresponding author), Fumei Zhang (0000-0002-0810-6331, Corvinus University of Budapest) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1331677x.2022.2106276 |
| OpenAlex | W4290988423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
The idea that the wage gap (W.G.) between the public sector (P.U.S.) and private sectors (P.R.S.) has widened is a point of contention among scholars, but to date, there has been no systematic discussion of changes in the W.G. and their causes in China. This article combines data from China's Urban Household Survey (U.H.S.) for 2004, 2008 and 2013 to examine changes in betweensector W.G.s and identify the causal factors by wage decomposition methods. Using ordinary least squares and a Heckman sample selection model, this study finds that public-sector workers consistently earn more than private-sector workers and that the W.G. is expanding, especially in upstream industries where stateowned enterprises (S.O.E.s) have monopoly status. In addition, the Oaxaca-Blinder (O.B.) decomposition method is adopted to reveal that the characteristic effect is the main cause of the W.G. Further, the regression and decomposition of the recentered influence function show that the effect of characteristics and coefficient effects differ across wage quantiles. This article indicates that the intersectoral W.G. in China is widening mainly as a result of differences in labour endowments and provides evidence to support government decision-making
China · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Empirical research · Geography · Labour economics · Private sector · Public sector · Wage · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |