劳动保护与私营企业出口

Labor Protection and Private Firms’Exports

本文结合多个微观数据库与双重差分方法研究了《劳动合同法》及其实施强度对中国私营企业出口概率与出口额的影响。估计结果显示,企业所在地级市对《劳动合同法》的实施强度每提高1个标准差,平均而言会使得私营企业的出口概率与出口额分别下降约2.7%与16%。最低工资较高地区、劳动密集程度较高的企业受到《劳动合同法》的负向影响更大。机制分析表明:劳动保护显著地降低了私营企业的生产率与长期雇佣员工数量。

We attempt to study the effects of labor protection on private firms’exports,using several micro-datasets and the Difference-in-Differences method.We find that labor protection has enormous negative impacts on the exports of private firms.The impacts are more pronounced in cities with higher minimum wages,in more labor-intensive firms.The mechanisms lie in this:the Labor Contract Law reduces the productivity of private firms and long-term employment.The findings suggest that government needs to implement supplementary measures to reduce the negative effects of labor cost increases induced by the Labor Contract Law.