Abstract
This study investigates the effect of labour unions on productivity across various types of firm ownership in China. Using a panel dataset of Chinese manufacturing firms covering 2004–2007 and employing propensity score matching techniques, we find that unions have a negative impact on labour productivity and total factor productivity. From a dynamic viewpoint, unionisation has an initially positive or nonsignificant association with productivity, but then has a significant negative effect in subsequent years for both foreign-owned enterprises and private firms. A strong and negative productivity effect is consistently observed for state-owned enterprises.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 699-721 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Manchester School |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2018 |