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Do urban educational resources affect corporate labor costs?

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  • Tan, Weiqiang
  • Xie, Chenxin
  • Ye, Dezhu

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Although researchers have extensively documented the effect of urban educational resources on families and individuals, the impact of these resources on corporate decision-making remains underexplored. Hence, this study uses the imbalance in urban educational resources across China to examine the effect of these resources on corporate labor costs. We gather data from publicly listed companies in China from 2003 to 2018 to examine this relationship. We find that urban educational resources have a causal and negative influence on labor costs. We further show that urban educational resources affect employee remuneration via the employee turnover channel. The impact is more prominent in firms with high employee bargaining power, cities with low barriers to settlement, and privately owned companies. Overall, this study combines intergenerational interactions with compensation incentives to provide new evidence on how employees can obtain compensation for their families’ education costs.

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  • Tan, Weiqiang & Xie, Chenxin & Ye, Dezhu, 2024. "Do urban educational resources affect corporate labor costs?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:130:y:2024:i:c:s0264999323003796
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106567
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    Keywords

    Labor costs; Urban educational resources; Labor productivity; Education compensation; Employee compensation;
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    JEL classification:

    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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