during the organizational changesassociated with privatization. A brief review of literature regarding China's enterprises … thesample period. The impact of privatization is investigated as based on the two factors ofsocial welfare responsibilities and … firmprofitability.The findings of the data analysis indicate that China'sfirm privatization occurred with limited compromise of social …

This paper studies how minimum wage policies affect firm employment in China using a unique county level minimum wage … or large profit margin increase employment, while those with low wages or small profit margin downsize. The increase in … the monopsony rent of firms.Our results provide evidence for the theoretical predictions of the positive minimum wage-employment …

We examine how the rapid growth in imports of manufactured goods from China affected industry-level employment in … manufacturing employment of between 89,900 and 209,800 workers – accounting for 8.5 to 19.8 per cent of manufacturing employment in …

associated with lower employment. When accompanied by complementary reforms, privatization has a positive effect on economic …"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of …