中国城镇居民劳动参与工资弹性的地区差异

中国各地区间劳动力市场相对分割,劳动力在地区间自由流动存在制度障碍,同时由于各地区经济发展水平的差异导致工资率存在较大差异,进而可能导致各地区城镇居民劳动参与行为存在较大差异。应用微观经济计量方法分析中国东中西部地区城镇居民的劳动参与行为,并估算不同地区城镇居民劳动参与的工资弹性。结果表明:在每个地区内部,女性劳动参与的工资弹性均明显大于男性劳动参与的工资弹性;随着地区工资率的上升,女性劳动参与率明显上升,劳动参与工资弹性明显下降;随着地区工资率的上升,男性劳动参与率呈现出上升趋势,但劳动参与工资弹性没有显示出持续下降趋势。因此,消除户籍制度形成的劳动力市场分割,提高工资水平,不仅能够有效地促进城镇居民的劳动参与和就业,而且有助于抑制地区之间收入差距的持续扩大。

Regional Differences in Urban Residents' Labor Participation and the Wage Elasticity

The labor markets among various regions are in a relatively segmentation. Institutional barriers exist, hindering free mobility of the labor forces among regions. While there are comparatively large differences in wage rate due to the different economic development in difference regions, the participation behaviors are different accordingly. This paper studies the labor participation behaviors of urban residents in Eastern, Central and Western areas of China by using microeconometrics methods. And urban res...