By analyzing firm-level panel data, we study the effect of the legal minimum wage on the quality of export products in China. The results show that the minimum wage increase significantly improves export quality by encouraging enterprises to employ a more significant proportion of additional...

Property rights protection is crucial in controlling firms’ ability to manage financial constraints. This paper adapted the back-calculation method to measure the quality of Chinese export products through screening and merging data from China’s Industrial Firm Database and Chinese Custom...