TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fang, Tony
AU  - Ge, Ying
        TI  - Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance
        PY  - 2013/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7870
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7870
        AB  - This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a "collective voice" face but lack of "monopoly" face. The government influence plays an important role in unionization. The empirical findings on the effectiveness of unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability. Moreover, the presence of unions in same region and industry generates negative spillovers on enterprise performance.
        KW  - unions
KW  - laws
KW  - productivity
KW  - profitability
KW  - China
        ER  -