TY - JOUR T1 - Unionization and Firm Performance in China's Manufacturing Industries JF - Journal of Labor Research Y1 - 2015 A1 - Anwar, Sajid A1 - Sun, Sizhong KW - China KW - Manufacturing firms KW - unionization AB -

This paper examines the link between unionization and firm performance in China’s manufacturing industries. The empirical results suggest that unionization has not greatly benefited workers in China’s textile industry but it has contributed to much larger increase in average wages in both domestic and foreign invested firms in communication equipment, computer and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry. In the case of the general equipment manufacturing industry, unionized domestic firms pay higher average wages but there is no link between unionization and average wage in foreign invested firms.

VL - 36 L2 - eng UR - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2562699 CP - 1 ER -