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Table 10 Time adjusted and the level of minimum wages (coefficients on the month of adjustment)

From: Regional variation of the minimum wages in China

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Dependent variable =

A: the highest level of mw within a city

2.811a

1.957a

1.543

(1.602)

(1.106)

(1.203)

B: Ln (the highest level of mw within a city)

0.00761b

0.00734c

0.00621b

(0.00323)

(0.00258)

(0.00291)

C: The highest level of mw within a city relative to average wage

0.0000794

0.000218c

0.000224b

(0.0000767)

(0.0000791)

(0.0000890)

D: the lowest level of mw within a city

1.187

1.952a

1.712a

(1.751)

(0.999)

(0.996)

E: Ln(the lowest level of mw within a city)

0.00431

0.00767c

0.00688b

(0.00428)

(0.00249)

(0.00279)

F: The lowest level of mw within a city relative to average wage

−0.00000654

0.000195c

0.000205b

(0.0000705)

(0.0000699)

(0.0000761)

Year dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Province dummies

No

Yes

No

City dummies

No

No

Yes

  1. The controls that are not reported are the same as those in Table 8. Standard errors in parentheses; a, b, and c represent significance levels of 10, 5, and 1 %, respectively