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Table 2 Explaining the number of minimum-wage levels and the high/low ratio within a province

From: Regional variation of the minimum wages in China

 

Number of mw

Max/min

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

 

1995–2007

1995–1999

2000–2007

1995–2007

1995–1999

2000–2007

Ln(population)

0.810c

0.226

1.043c

0.121c

0.0587

0.150c

(0.223)

(0.396)

(0.310)

(0.0229)

(0.0422)

(0.0295)

Ln(GDP per capita)

1.276a

2.231a

0.783

0.0782

0.169

−0.00300

(0.712)

(1.158)

(0.966)

(0.0730)

(0.124)

(0.0917)

Tertiary sector share in GDP

−5.765a

−3.995

−6.981a

−0.291

0.471

−0.817b

(2.995)

(5.997)

(3.678)

(0.307)

(0.640)

(0.349)

Urban-rural income gap

0.759b

1.574c

0.369

0.0574a

0.145b

0.000945

(0.327)

(0.546)

(0.426)

(0.0335)

(0.0583)

(0.0405)

Ln(average wage)

−2.437a

−3.066

−1.463

−0.419c

−0.743c

−0.121

(1.292)

(2.114)

(1.752)

(0.132)

(0.226)

(0.166)

Trade share in GDP

1.218a

2.159

0.986

0.327c

0.719c

0.202c

(0.656)

(1.335)

(0.769)

(0.0673)

(0.143)

(0.0730)

Fiscal expenditure in GDP

2.618

−1.328

3.573

0.503a

0.689

0.496

(2.526)

(6.004)

(3.171)

(0.259)

(0.641)

(0.301)

Fixed investment/GDP

−1.542

−8.145b

−0.750

−0.215

−0.988b

−0.203

(1.511)

(3.564)

(1.951)

(0.155)

(0.381)

(0.185)

N

365

141

224

365

141

224

Adj. R 2

0.146

0.136

0.153

0.284

0.299

0.349

  1. Standard errors in parentheses; a, b, and c represent significance levels of 10, 5, and 1 %, respectively