To stimulate economic growth,the Chinese government implemented three consecutive policies between 2016 and 2019 to reduce the corporate endowment insurance contribution ratio(CEICR),the highest payment item for Chine...To stimulate economic growth,the Chinese government implemented three consecutive policies between 2016 and 2019 to reduce the corporate endowment insurance contribution ratio(CEICR),the highest payment item for Chinese companies.Using China's CEICR reduction policies as a quasi-natural experiment,this paper evaluates the impact of corporate payment burden reduction on employee wages.Generally,reducing CEICR appears to prompt companies to increase employee wages.Corporate cash flow is a possible channel of influence.Moreover,the positive effect is found to be more pronounced in companies that are more labor intensive,performing better in labor payment compliance,and located in regions with higher pressure for elderly care.This paper offers evidence in favor of implementing CEICR reduction policies from the perspective of improving the well-being of employees.展开更多
In recent years China’s tax authority prioritized the expectations of market entities and focused on relieving their burden,supporting their development,raising the efficiency and promoting shared governance,improved...In recent years China’s tax authority prioritized the expectations of market entities and focused on relieving their burden,supporting their development,raising the efficiency and promoting shared governance,improved the mechanism to advance work and paid special attention to the implementation of reform measures,so as to ensure timely implementation of tax and fee reduction,deliver notable reform results in key areas including legislation of taxation and facilitation of tax payments,and actively build a stable,fair,transparent and predictable tax-related business environment.展开更多
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文摘To stimulate economic growth,the Chinese government implemented three consecutive policies between 2016 and 2019 to reduce the corporate endowment insurance contribution ratio(CEICR),the highest payment item for Chinese companies.Using China's CEICR reduction policies as a quasi-natural experiment,this paper evaluates the impact of corporate payment burden reduction on employee wages.Generally,reducing CEICR appears to prompt companies to increase employee wages.Corporate cash flow is a possible channel of influence.Moreover,the positive effect is found to be more pronounced in companies that are more labor intensive,performing better in labor payment compliance,and located in regions with higher pressure for elderly care.This paper offers evidence in favor of implementing CEICR reduction policies from the perspective of improving the well-being of employees.
文摘In recent years China’s tax authority prioritized the expectations of market entities and focused on relieving their burden,supporting their development,raising the efficiency and promoting shared governance,improved the mechanism to advance work and paid special attention to the implementation of reform measures,so as to ensure timely implementation of tax and fee reduction,deliver notable reform results in key areas including legislation of taxation and facilitation of tax payments,and actively build a stable,fair,transparent and predictable tax-related business environment.
