经济增长目标与劳动力价格扭曲

Economic Growth Goals and Labour Price Distortions

文章基于中国城市层面数据,利用生产函数法测算劳动力价格扭曲,探讨了地方经济增长目标对劳动力价格扭曲的影响。机制分析表明,地方经济增长目标通过劳资谈判力量渠道作用于劳动力价格扭曲;实证分析表明,地方经济增长目标提高将加剧劳动力价格扭曲,且在分地区层面,东部地区的影响幅度最大,在分城市规模层面,大城市的影响幅度最大;中介效应分析结果显示,地方经济增长目标会通过加剧劳资谈判力量失衡对劳动力价格扭曲产生负向影响;分位数分析结果显示,劳动力价格扭曲越大,地方经济增长目标对劳动力价格扭曲的影响幅度越大。

Based on city-level data in China,the article explores the impact of local economic growth goals on labour price distortions using the production function approach to measure labour price distortions.The mechanism analysis shows that local economic growth goals act on labour price distortions through the labour-management bargaining power channel.The empirical analysis shows that higher local economic growth goals will exacerbate labour price distortions and that the magnitude of the impact is greatest in the eastern region at the sub-regional level and in the large cities at the sub-city size level.The results of the intermediate effects analysis show that local eco-nomic growth goals have a negative impact on labour price distortions by exacerbating the imbalance in bargaining power between labour and management.The results of the quantile analysis show that the greater the labour price distortion,the greater the magnitude of the impact of local economic growth goals on labour price distortion.