标题：Unions and Workers' Welfare in Chinese Firms

汇报人：NinghuaZhong（HKUST）

功夫：2:00-3:30pm, September 20

地址：拉斯维加斯9888新楼217教室

Abstract:

Based on a survey of 1,268 firms in 12 cities, this paper empirically studies unions’effects on worker welfare in China. Regressions carried out on a rich set of specifications show that unionization is significantly associated with higher hourly wages and larger pension coverage and weakly associated with lower monthly working hours. Further econometric analysis finds that unions promote individual and collective contracts which in turn improve workers? welfare. Collective wage contracts are found to be not as effective as individual contracts and their effects vanish when unions are present; unions become more effective when they lead to individual contracts.