Labor supply in urban China

Li, Haizheng, and Zax, Jeffrey S.-Labor supply in urban China Using labor supply responses from 10,560 urban Chinese workers, two-stage least squares estimations identify positive compensated wage effects and negative income effects that are, for the most part, statistically significant. The gross wage effects are mostly positive but they indicate relatively low uncompensated labor supply elasticities. The compensated wage effects are much larger; these may be important in assessing the labor market consequences of reform policies that monetize non-pecuniary benefits. The significance of labor supply responses depends on individual responsibilities within the family; the effects are largest for women and non-household heads. (C) 2003 Association for Comparative Economic Studies. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.