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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Minimum Wage on Migrant Workers and Its Employment Effect: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region before and after the Financial Crisis

Authors : Xiaochun Li, Ping He, Yu Zhou, Zheyu Dong

Published in: Labor Transfer in Emerging Economies

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Based on the model of buyer’s monopoly, this article takes the Yangtze River Delta region as an example to analyze the employment effect of minimum wage on migrant workers. Empirical study of statistical data from seven cities in the region demonstrates that minimum wage could contribute to employment of migrant workers. With the impact of the financial crisis, market adjustment could disturb and destabilize the positive effect of minimum wage policies. Therefore, government should take active measures and interfere in the labor market to maintain targeted employment level and economic growth.

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Footnotes
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CPC Member from Guangdong Suggested Cancellation of the Minimum Wage Standard. Xinhua Net: http://​news.​21cn.​com/​guangdong/​yaowen/​2009/​02/​15/​5869440.​shtml
 
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Metadata
Title
Minimum Wage on Migrant Workers and Its Employment Effect: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region before and after the Financial Crisis
Authors
Xiaochun Li
Ping He
Yu Zhou
Zheyu Dong
Copyright Year
2017
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Labor Transfer in Emerging Economies

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-3568-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-3569-2

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3569-2_4