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Regional value chains and spontaneous multi-employer wage coordination in China
文献类型：期刊
通讯作者：Zhang, H (reprint author), Renmin Univ China, Sch Labor & Human Resources, 59 Zhongguancun Ave, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China.
期刊名称：JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
年：2020
卷：62
期：1
页码：104-131
ISSN：0022-1856
关键词：China; collective bargaining; informal institution; regional value chain; wage coordination
所属部门：劳动人事学院
摘要：This article explores how wage determination is coordinated within a regional value chain in China's auto industry and the underlying mechanism that governs this coordination. While the market-economy reform over the past four decades has granted firms considerable autonomy in managing their own employees, this case demonstrates that in China's private sector, wage determination is not at individual employers' full discretion. In general, scholars agree that Western-style formal institutional st ...More
This article explores how wage determination is coordinated within a regional value chain in China's auto industry and the underlying mechanism that governs this coordination. While the market-economy reform over the past four decades has granted firms considerable autonomy in managing their own employees, this case demonstrates that in China's private sector, wage determination is not at individual employers' full discretion. In general, scholars agree that Western-style formal institutional structures for wage coordination - centralized collective bargaining - have not been effectively established in China. But in Tianjin's auto industry, spontaneous multi-employer wage coordination occurs through informal arrangements that leverage a lead firm's control over its suppliers and various social networks that connect employers, labor unions, and workers in the locality. As a result, wages across the local auto industry are greatly compressed. This article concludes by discussing the important role of informal institutions in China's private governance. ...Hide

DOI：10.1177/0022185619865754
百度学术：Regional value chains and spontaneous multi-employer wage coordination in China
语言：外文
基金：National Social Science Foundation of China [19CSH037]
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