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Table 1 Minimum wage effect on employment (by Region)

From: Minimum wage effects on employment and working time of Chinese workers——evidence based on CHNS

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whole

Eastern

Central/Western

Coastal

Inland

mw_avg

−2.134

0.317

0.778

1.362

−0.0264

 

(2.241)

(2.971)

(1.441)

(1.832)

(1.531)

mw_avg−1

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Individual characteristics

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Macro-economic variables, province dummy, year dummy

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

12861

3081

4358

3935

3504

R 2

0.13

0.140

0.208

0.163

0.187

  1. mw_avg and mw_avg−1 represent the ratio of minimum wage to average wage and the lagged ratio respectively. Robust standard errors are in parentheses