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Study on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increases in China View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by CSCanada.net: E-Journals (Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture,... ISSN 1913-0341 [Print] Management Science and Engineering ISSN 1913-035X [Online] Vol. 7, No. 2, 2013, pp. 45-49 www.cscanada.net DOI:10.3968/j.mse.1913035X20130702.2318 www.cscanada.org Study on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increases in China LIN Yuan[a],*; SHANG Ke[a]; LI Xueqing[a] [a] School of Labor Science and Law, Beijing Wuzi University, Beijing, INTRODUCTION China. *Corresponding author Since 1994, China has begun to implement minimum wage guarantee system according to the international Supported by technology innovative platform of Beijing Municipal practice. Now, minimum wage has become a necessary Education Commission "The Methodology and Technology of Modern Human Resources Management". means of government to intervene in the labor market and plays an important role in protecting the low-skilled Received 07 March 2013; accepted 25 April 2013 laborers to get a reasonable payment in China. At the same time, minimum wage increases has effect on labor Abstract cost of some enterprises, and promotes the upgrading of This paper studies minimum wage increases in China industrial structure and labor productivity. since the implement of minimum wage guarantee system. This paper compares minimum wage with average wage, per capita annual consumption expenditure of urban 1. ANALYSIS ON MINIMUM WAGE households, and points out the defections in minimum INCREASES IN CHINA wage increases. Then, based on the study above, this paper analyzes the effect of minimum wage increases from three 1.1 Minimum Wage Changes of China (1994-2012) aspects, including the cost of labor, labor productivity and Table 1 shows minimum wage changes in each area in industrial structure. China from 1994 to 2004 since ‘Enterprise Minimum Key words: Minimum wage; Labor Cost; Labor Wage Provisions’ was implemented. In general, minimum Productivity; Industrial structure wage can be calculated not only by hours, but also by days, weeks or months. The earliest enacted minimum LIN Yuan, SHANG Ke, LI Xueqing (2013). Study on the Effect wage is calculated monthly in China, and it can be inter- of Minimum Wage Increases in China. Management Science converted to hourly minimum rates. The data used in this and Engineering, 7(2),45-49. Available from: http://www.cscanada. study is monthly minimum wage. net/index.php/mse/article/view/j.mse.1913035X20130702.2318 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.mse.1913035X20130702.2318 Table 1 Data of Minimum Wage in Each Area (1994-2011) Units: Yuan / month Areas 1994 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Beijing 210 800 800 960 1160 1260 Tianjin 210 820 820 920 1160 1310 Hebei 180 750 750 900 1100 1320 Shanxi 200 720 720 850 980 1125 Neimenggu 170 680 680 900 900 1200 Liaoning 210 700 700 900 900 1100 Jilin 190 650 650 820 1000 1150 Heilongjiang 200 680 680 880 880 1160 Shanghai 220 840 960 1120 1280 1450 To be continued 45 Copyright © Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures Study on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increases in China Continued Areas 1994 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Jiangsu 210 850 850 960 1140 1320 Zhejiang 210 850 960 1100 1310 1310 Anhui 180 560 560 720 720 1010 Fujian 280 750 750 900 1100 1200 Jiangxi 190 580 580 720 720 870 Shandong 170 760 810 920 1100 1240 Henan 204 750 750 800 800 1080 Hubei 180 700 700 900 900 1100 Hunan 205 665 665 725 850 2012 Guangdong 320 860 860 1030 1300 1500 Shenzhen 338 1000 1000 1100 1320 1500 Guangxi 200 580 670 820 1100 1000 Hainan 280 580 630 830 830 1050 Chongqing — 680 680 680 870 1050 Sichuan 180 650 750 850 850 1050 Guizhou 190 650 650 830 830 920 Yunnan 185 680 680 830 830 1100 Shanxi 200 600 600 760 760 1000 Gansu 180 620 620 760 760 980 Qinghai 200 460 600 770 900 920 Ningxia 180 560 560 710 900 1100 Xinjiang 180 670 800 960 960 1340 Note: Data in the table is the highest minimum rates in each area. Data sources: Dong K.Y.(2003). Research on the issues of compensation during the transition period in China. Beijing: China’s Labor and Social Security Publishing House Liu J.S, Su H.N(2006). The analysis of the changing trend and policy on the minimum wage in China. Human Resource Development in China. (1), 22-25 Human resources and social security department (bureau) of labor wages in China 1.2 Comparative Analysis of Minimum Wage with for determining the level of minimum rate. This paper Average Wage studies the data of minimum wage and average wage of One of the most important factors which should be workers in each area in 1994 and 2011, as shown in Table considered is average wage of workers when drafting 2. Because average wage is figured on yearly basis, this the minimum wage (Giuliano, 2013; Papps, 2012; paper will convert it to monthly average wage in order to Addison & Demet Ozturk, 2012). Therefore, the ratio of facilitate comparison with minimum wage. minimum wage to average wage is an important index Table 2 Minimum Wage and Average Wage in 1994 and 2011 Unit: Yuan / month 1994 2011 Average annual Average annual Minimum Average Minimum Average growth rate of growth rate of Areas Ratio Areas Ratio Wage Wage Wage Wage minimum wage average wage Beijing 210 534.58 39.28% Beijing 1160 6319.50 18.36% 10.58% 15.64% Tianjin 210 447.00 46.98% Tianjin 1160 4706.42 24.65% 10.58% 14.85% Hebei 180 348.75 51.61% Hebei 1100 2997.75 36.69% 11.24% 13.49% Shanxi 200 333.08 60.05% Shanxi 980 3325.25 29.47% 9.80% 14.49% Neimenggu 170 306.25 55.51% Neimenggu 900 3456.75 26.04% 10.30% 15.32% Liaoning 210 355.75 59.03% Liaoning 900 3226.08 27.90% 8.94% 13.85% Jilin 190 305.50 62.19% Jilin 1000 2849.75 35.09% 10.26% 14.04% Heilongjiang 200 281.25 71.11% Heilongjiang 880 2791.92 31.52% 9.11% 14.46% Shanghai 220 617.08 35.65% Shanghai 1280 6419.25 19.94% 10.91% 14.77% Jiangsu 210 414.5 50.66% Jiangsu 1140 3832.25 29.75% 10.46% 13.98% Zhejiang 210 466.42 45.02% Zhejiang 1310 3815.00 34.34% 11.37% 13.16% Anhui 180 316.08 56.95% Anhui 720 3386.67 21.26% 8.50% 14.97% Fujian 280 407.42 68.73% Fujian 1100 3249.08 33.86% 8.38% 12.99% Jiangxi 190 287.5 66.09% Jiangxi 720 2841.83 25.34% 8.15% 14.43% Shandong 170 361.5 47.03% Shandong 1100 3166.00 34.74% 11.61% 13.61% Henan 204 295.5 69.04% Henan 800 2850.25 28.07% 8.37% 14.26% To be continued Copyright © Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures 46 LIN Yuan; SHANG Ke; LI Xueqing (2013). Management Science and Engineering, 7(2), 45-49 Continued 1994 2011 Average annual Average annual Minimum Average Minimum Average growth rate of growth rate of Areas Ratio Areas Ratio Wage Wage Wage Wage minimum wage average wage Hubei 180 337.58 53.32% Hubei 900 3094.50 29.08% 9.93% 13.92% Hunan 205 342.00 59.94% Hunan 850 2960.00 28.72% 8.73% 13.54% Guangdong 320 593.08 53.96% Guangdong 1300 3762.67 34.55% 8.60% 11.48% Guangxi 200 372.33 53.72% Guangxi 1320 2838.67 46.50% 11.74% 12.69% Hainan 280 374.00 74.87% Hainan 1100 3059.67 35.95% 8.38% 13.16% Chongqing 180 335.67 53.62% Chongqing 830 3160.33 26.26% 9.41% 14.10% Sichuan 190 322.50 58.91% Sichuan 870 3110.92 27.97% 9.36% 14.26% Guizhou 185 367.17 50.39% Guizhou 850 2919.25 29.12% 9.38% 12.97% Yunnan 200 316.92 63.11% Yunnan 830 3253.58 25.51% 8.73% 14.68% Shanxi 180 399.67 45.04% Shanxi 830 2727.00 30.44% 9.41% 11.96% Gansu 200 414.67 48.23% Gansu 760 3541.08 21.46% 8.17% 13.45% Qinghai 180 355.83 50.59% Qinghai 760 3714.50 20.46% 8.84% 14.79% Ningxia 180 354.42 50.79% Ningxia 900 3235.00 27.82% 9.93% 13.89% Data sources: China Labor Statistical Yearbook As Table 2 shows that during the seventeen years (1994 low. Generally, minimum wage accounts for 40%-60% - 2011), the growth rate of minimum wage is lower than of average wage in most countries in the world, and there that of average wage throughout the country. Compared are fewer countries are less than 40%. It is obviously that with 1994, the ratio of minimum wage to average wage the ratio of minimum wage to average wage is well below in all areas decreased differently in 2011(26.23% in international norms in China. average) One of the biggest declines was in Henan 1.3 Comparative Analysis of Minimum Wage with Province, a decrease of 40.97 percentage points. In 1994, per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Urban there were only two cities in which ratio of minimum Households wage to average wage are below 40% (Shanghai and Per capita consumption expenditure of urban households Beijing). But in 2011, Guangxi province is the only one also influences minimum wage (Wang & Gunderson, in which the ratio is over 40%.
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