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The higher costs of doing business in China: Minimum wages and firms' export behavior

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  1. Wang, Maolin & Lin, Huiting & Huang, Yehua & Lu, Huiyan, 2023. "Poverty alleviation and firm productivity: Evidence from China's minimum wage system," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  2. Clément Malgouyres & Thierry Mayer, 2018. "Exports and labor costs: evidence from a French policy," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 154(3), pages 429-454, August.
  3. Du, Pengcheng & Wang, Shuxun, 2020. "The effect of minimum wage on firm markup: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 241-250.
  4. Xiaoping Li & Shuzhou Peng & Wei‐Chiao Huang & Qian Zhou, 2022. "What Drives Chinese Firms' Export Sophistication? A Perspective from the Rise of Minimum Wages," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 30(2), pages 28-59, March.
  5. Ruling Hong & Mengxun Liu & Haoming Yang & Qianqian Zhang, 2023. "What Drives China’s Exports: Evidence from a Domestic Consumption Expansion Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-15, February.
  6. Lu, Bing & Yang, Xu & Yu, Xinding, 2025. "Minimum wage, foreign firm exit and export: Heterogeneity in investment motivation," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 948-970.
  7. Ma, Shuang & Li, Xuan & Wu, Xi, 2024. "Minimum wage and internal labor migration: Evidence from China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 226(C).
  8. Jian, Lei & Wang, Meng & Wang, Xiaojia & Zhang, Yan, 2024. "Effects of minimum wage policies on executive compensation contracts: An empirical analysis in China," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
  9. Fan, Haichao & Lin, Faqin & Tang, Lixin, 2018. "Minimum Wage and Outward FDI from China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 1-19.
  10. Sjöholm, Fredrik, 2020. "Minimum Wages and Firm-Level Employment in a Developing Country," Working Papers 2020:4, Lund University, Department of Economics.
  11. Xiang, Junyi & Kong, Dongmin & Zhang, Fan, 2025. "Labor cost, robots, and product quality," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
  12. Zhang, Ming-ang & Lu, Shuling & Zhang, Sihan & Bai, Yanfeng, 2023. "The unintended consequence of minimum wage hikes: Evidence based on firms' pollution emission," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
  13. Yang, Chih-Hai, 2023. "Strengthening worker benefits or destroying jobs: Effect of the 2008 Labor Contract Law in China," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
  14. Yanyun Li & Faqin Lin & Wenxiao Wang, 2022. "Environmental regulation and inward foreign direct investment: Evidence from the eleventh Five‐Year Plan in China," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 684-707, July.
  15. Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache & Carl Gaigné & Stéphane Turolla, 2025. "On the Promotion of Domestic Food Industry. Quantifying the Effects of Reducing Labor Cost and Upgrading Quality [Promouvoir les industries agroalimentaires domestiques : Evaluer les effets de la diminution du coût du travail et de la montée en ga," Working Papers hal-05067193, HAL.
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  17. Clément Malgouyres & Thierry Mayer, 2018. "Exports and labor costs: evidence from a French policy," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 154(3), pages 429-454, August.
  18. Wenjing Duan & Pedro S. Martins, 2022. "Rent sharing in China: Magnitude, heterogeneity and drivers," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 60(1), pages 176-219, March.
  19. Shi, Xinzheng & Xu, Zhufeng, 2018. "Environmental regulation and firm exports: Evidence from the eleventh Five-Year Plan in China," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 187-200.
  20. Xiang, Junyi & Zhu, Ling & Kong, Dongmin, 2023. "Labor cost and corporate tax avoidance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 205(C), pages 338-358.
  21. Zheng Li & Fengshuo Liu & Shuai Mi, 2022. "Can an increase in the minimum wage standard force enterprises to innovate? Evidence from China," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3807-3819, December.
  22. Li, Wanli & Chen, Junrui & Yuan, Kaibin, 2025. "Changes in corporate employment under climate risk," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
  23. Yuting Li & Karsten Mau & Mingzhi Xu, 2023. "Rising Wages and Intra-Country Industry Relocation: Evidence from China," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 34(3), pages 579-615, July.
  24. Li, Zheng & Gao, Shan & Song, Shunfeng, 2023. "Labor protection, labor costs, and China's outward foreign direct investment," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 444-459.
  25. Duanmu, Jing-Lin & Norbäck, Pehr-Johan & Lu, Jane Wenzhen & Clegg, Jeremy, 2022. "Contraction under minimum wages? Operational and financial advantages of multinational subsidiaries in China," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(2).
  26. Che, Yi & Li, Xuchao & Zhang, Yan & Zhao, Lin, 2024. "Labor protection and firms’ risk-taking behavior: evidence from China’s New Labor Contract Law," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
  27. Lorena Skuflic & Filip Novinc, 2026. "Unit Labour Cost as an Indicator of Competitiveness: Theoretical Perspectives on Reconciling Methodological Challenges," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 1, pages 79-97.
  28. Du, Pengcheng & Zheng, Yi & Wang, Shuxun, 2022. "The minimum wage and the financialization of firms: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
  29. Xu, Mingli & Kong, Gaowen & Kong, Dongmin, 2017. "Does wage justice hamper creativity? Pay gap and firm innovation in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 186-202.
  30. Fan, Haichao & Guo, Guangyuan & Liu, Yu & Wang, Huanhuan, 2025. "Trade uncertainty, emission cap and firm pollution," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 229(C).
  31. Luo, Changyuan & Si, Chunxiao & Zhang, Hongyong, 2022. "Moving out of China? Evidence from Japanese multinational firms," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
  32. Ma, Liang & He, Qiqi & Gan, Qixu, 2025. "Impact of short-term labor contracts on financial health: Evidence from migrant worker households in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 448-463.
  33. Cao, Yuanyuan & Chen, Shaojian & Tang, Heyan, 2025. "Robot adoption and firm export: Evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 210(C).
  34. Jin, Zhangfeng & Zhang, Junsen, 2023. "Access to local citizenship and internal migration in a developing country: Evidence from a Hukou reform in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 181-215.
  35. Ahn, JaeBin & Choi, Jaerim & Chung, Sunghoon, 2025. "Labor market rigidity at home and multinational corporations’ flexible production reallocation abroad," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
  36. Bai, Xue & Chatterjee, Arpita & Krishna, Kala & Ma, Hong, 2021. "Trade and minimum wages in general equilibrium: Theory and evidence," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
  37. Ma, Shuang & Mu, Ren & Xiao, Han, 2025. "Who Gets Job Offers When Minimum Wages Rise? Evidence from China," IZA Discussion Papers 18290, IZA Network @ LISER.
  38. Jin, Zhangfeng, 2020. "Welfare Magnets and Internal Migration in China," GLO Discussion Paper Series 498, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  39. Yaying Liu & Jin Chen & Churen Sun, 2022. "Partnership Diplomacy and China’s Exports," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-22, September.
  40. Baek, Jisun & Lee, Changkeun & Park, WooRam, 2021. "The impact of the minimum wage on the characteristics of new establishments: Evidence from South Korea," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
  41. Angus C. Chu & Haichao Fan & Yuichi Furukawa & Zonglai Kou & Xueyue Liu, 2021. "Minimum Wages, Import Status, And Firms' Innovation: Theory And Evidence From China," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 59(1), pages 441-458, January.
  42. Wang, Lin & Tang, Yingkai & Chen, Yaozhi & Wang, Kun, 2021. "Be a better boss. Employee treatment, trust level and family business innovation: Evidence from China," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
  43. Ahn,Jaebin & Choi,Jaerim & Chung,Sunghoon, 2022. "Labor Market Rigidity at Home and Multinational Corporations’ Flexible Task Reallocation Abroad," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10114, The World Bank.
  44. Bin Ni & Kyosuke Kurita, 2018. "The Minimum Wage, Exports, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Indonesia," Discussion Paper Series 171, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, revised Jan 2018.
  45. Jia, Junxue & Ma, Guangrong & Qin, Cong & Wang, Liyan, 2020. "Place-based policies, state-led industrialisation, and regional development: Evidence from China's Great Western Development Programme," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
  46. Xu, Hanwen & Han, Xiaofang & Shen, Yongjian & Zhou, Minting, 2025. "Is internal control more efficient in employee-friendly firms?," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
  47. Kong, Dongmin & Qin, Ni & Xiang, Junyi, 2021. "Minimum wage and entrepreneurship: Evidence from China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 189(C), pages 320-336.
  48. Bayari, Celal, 2018. "Economy and Market in China: The State, Wage Labour and the Construction of the ‘China Price’," MPRA Paper 100900, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 04 Mar 2018.
  49. Zhao, Xiaoxia & Jia, Chi & Li, Haoru, 2025. "Cost pressure or innovation-driven? Social insurance and firm exporting," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
  50. Luxin Yang & Yucheng Liu & Huihui Deng, 2023. "Environmental governance, local government competition and industrial green transformation: Evidence from China's sustainable development practice," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(2), pages 1054-1068, April.
  51. Qu, Hongyan & Ding, Zhujun & Ahlstrom, David & Wu, Changqi & Cai, Huifen Helen, 2025. "When I have to versus when I am able to: Behavioral and resource explanations for firms’ international expansion via exporting," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(1).
  52. Jing Yan, 2017. "Privatisation and trade performance: evidence from China," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 31(1), pages 66-78, May.
  53. Deng, Yuping & Yang, Jinxiao & Liu, Jiamei, 2024. "Labour rights protection and export expansion: Evidence from SA8000 certification," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
  54. Weihao Zhang & Helian Xu & Yuanyuan Xu, 2023. "Does Stronger Environmental Regulation Promote Firms’ Export Sophistication? A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Sewage Charges Standard Reform in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-17, June.
  55. Huang, Yi & Sheng, Liugang & Wang, Gewei, 2021. "How did rising labor costs erode China’s global advantage?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 632-653.
  56. Ma, Shuang & Mo, Baoling & Meng, Xiaoyu, 2025. "Minimum wage and labor self-funded training: evidence from China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
  57. Zhao, Yueyang & Mao, Jinzhou, 2022. "Energy effects of non-energy policies: Minimum wage standard and enterprise energy efficiency in China," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
  58. Ni, Bin & Kurita, Kyosuke, 2020. "The minimum wage, exports, and firm performance: Evidence from Indonesia," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
  59. Jin, Gang & Zhang, Jiwen & Ye, Yongwei & Yao, Shiqi & Song, Jingxiang, 2024. "Social insurance law and firm markup in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
  60. Fan, Haichao & Hu, Yichuan & Tang, Lixin, 2021. "Labor costs and the adoption of robots in China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 608-631.
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