Labour market impacts of occupational licensing and delicensing: New evidence from China

IF 1.3 2区 管理学 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Mengjie Lyu, Tingting Zhang, Hua Ye
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We examined the recent occupational regulation changes in China and their labour market impacts. Using data from the China Labor-Force Dynamic Survey from 2014 to 2018, we found an earning premium of approximately 10 per cent, as well as more employment-based benefits, for those with an occupational license compared to those without one. Licensed workers reported higher skill-job task match than unlicensed workers. Our data cover the period of occupational regulation reform in China, when 70 per cent of occupations previously licensed or certified were deregulated. Over this period, the licensing status remained associated with positive earning and employment benefits premiums, and better skill-job task match at the labour market level. However, delicensing led to a distributional shift in the earning dispersion, especially at the bottom of the earning distribution; earning premiums rose sharply for the 10th to 30th percentiles. Workers directly affected by the licensing reform reported a significant decrease in employment benefits and in subjective job quality measures (i.e. skill-job task match and voice at work) after delicensing, relative to never-licensed workers. We suggest that non-wage compensation is lost in the short term because the signal of competency is no longer valued by employers after delicensing.

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职业许可和特许经营对劳动力市场的影响:来自中国的新证据
我们研究了中国近期职业法规的变化及其对劳动力市场的影响。利用2014年至2018年中国劳动力动态调查的数据,我们发现,与没有职业执照的人相比,有职业执照的人的收入溢价约为10%,而且就业福利更多。持牌工人报告的技能-工作任务匹配度高于无牌工人。我们的数据涵盖了中国职业监管改革期间的情况,在这一时期,70%以前获得许可或认证的职业被解除了监管。在此期间,许可证状况仍然与积极的收入和就业福利保费以及劳动力市场水平上更好的技能-工作任务匹配有关。然而,特许化导致了收入分散的分布变化,尤其是在收入分布的底部;第10至30个百分位数的保费收入大幅上升。直接受发牌改革影响的工人报告说,与没有发牌的工人相比,发牌后的就业福利和主观工作质量指标(即技能-工作任务匹配和工作中的声音)显著下降。我们认为,非工资补偿在短期内会消失,因为在解雇后,雇主不再重视能力的信号。
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British Journal of Industrial Relations
British Journal of Industrial Relations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
CiteScore
4.20
自引率
11.50%
发文量
58
期刊介绍: BJIR (British Journal of Industrial Relations) is an influential and authoritative journal which is essential reading for all academics and practitioners interested in work and employment relations. It is the highest ranked European journal in the Industrial Relations & Labour category of the Social Sciences Citation Index. BJIR aims to present the latest research on developments on employment and work from across the globe that appeal to an international readership. Contributions are drawn from all of the main social science disciplines, deal with a broad range of employment topics and express a range of viewpoints.
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