最低工资规制通过设定一个底部工资标准,旨在维护劳动者取得劳动报酬的合法权益,不可避免地会对企业的工资率产生影响,进而影响企业内部的要素收入分配。文章的理论模型分析表明,最低工资规制的工资率效应促使企业转变要素分配方式(资本−劳动互替),导致企业资本集约度上升,从而劳动收入份额将会下降。利用中国2600多个区县最低工资标准和工业企业数据(1998−2013年)的实证研究验证了理论预期:(1)最低工资规制显著降低了企业的劳动收入份额,最低工资每上涨10%,劳动收入份额将显著下降1.43个百分点;(2)最低工资规制存在着工资率效应和劳动生产率效应,但是由于工资率效应更小,结果使劳动收入份额下降;(3)资本集约度是最低工资影响劳动收入份额的一个重要机制。文章有助于理解我国最低工资规制对企业行为的影响,这对改善我国初次收入分配格局具有有益的政策启示。
最低工资规制对企业劳动收入份额的影响——理论分析与微观证据
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万江滔, 魏下海. 最低工资规制对企业劳动收入份额的影响——理论分析与微观证据[J]. 财经研究, 2020, 46(7): 64-78.
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