Minimum Wages in China

Li Shi is Professor of Economics in the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University, China. Carl Lin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA.

• 1. Introduction and Overview.- 2. Evolution and Effects Assessment of China’s Minimum Wage Policy.- 3. Minimum Wages in China: Standard and Implication.- 4. Minimum Wages and Employment in China.- 5. Impacts of Minimum Wages on Gender Wage Gaps in Urban China.- 6. The Impact of Minimum Wages on Migrant Workers’ Wages.- 7. The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China.- 8. The Effects of Minimum Wage Regulations on Wage Growth and Its Distribution in China.- 9. Compliance with Legal Minimum Wages in China.- 10. Estimating the Effect of Minimum Wages on Firm Profitability in China.- 11. How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China.- 12. Regional Variation of the Minimum Wages in China.- 13. Minimum Wage Competition between Local Governments in China.- 14. Minimum Wage Effects on Employment and Working Time of Chinese Workers.