教育提升了劳动收入占比吗——基于中国省级面板数据的分析

Has Education Improved Labor's Share? An Analysis Based on Provincial Panel Data

本文提出教育对劳动收入占比的影响分为工资效应和劳动生产率效应,结合劳动力市场分割理论阐述了教育影响劳动收入占比的机制,然后运用1994—2003年和2004—2007年的省级面板数据检验了教育对我国劳动收入占比的影响。计量结果表明,我国教育水平与劳动收入占比为负向关系。但近十年来二者之间呈现U型关系,且中国当前处于U型的下行区域,即教育水平对劳动收入占比的负面影响在减小。

This paper puts forward the effects of education on labor income share include wages effect and labor productivity effect. Combined with the Labor market seglmentation theory, this paper expounds the mechanism on education affecting labor income share, then respectively using 1994- 2003 and 2004- 2007 China＇ s provincial panel data to test the effect. Measurement result shows that China＇ s education level and labor income share are negatively related. However, they＇ ve had u- shaped relation over the past 10 years and China is currently in u- shaped downward interval, namely education level＇ s negative effect on labor income share is decreasing.