%0 Journal Article %A Kang, Lili %A Peng, Fei %D 2016 %T Wage flexibility in the Chinese labour market, 1989–2009 %U https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Wage_flexibility_in_the_Chinese_labour_market_1989_2009/3692124 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.3692124.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5782479 %K wage flexibility %K unemployment %K China %K panel data %K 工资弹性 %K 失业 %K 中国 %K 面板数据 %K flexibilité des salaires %K chômage %K Chine %K données de panel %K Lohnflexibilität %K Arbeitslosigkeit %K Paneldaten %K flexibilidad salarial %K desempleo %K datos del panel %K C33 %K E32 %K J31 %K J64 %X

Wage flexibility in the Chinese labour market, 1989–2009. Regional Studies. China’s bureaucratic wage determination system is gradually being replaced by a market-based system, leading to a novel version of a dual labour market. This paper studies wage flexibility in this dual market. Its principal findings are as follows: wages in both sectors have become less responsive to changes in official registered unemployment, with an alternative market-based measure of unemployment becoming more relevant; there is evidence of convergence of flexibility between the two sectors; the wages of women exhibit greater flexibility than those of men; and there is evidence of differences in wage flexibility between workers who have urban residential rights and rural migrants.

%I Taylor & Francis