Is China’s inflation pushed by wages?
An empirical research based on excess wages

doi:10.1007/s11459-009-0030-3

Front. Econ. China

2009, Vol. 4

Issue (4) : 572-587 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11459-009-0030-3

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Is China’s inflation pushed by wages? An empirical research based on excess wages

FAN Zhiyong,

School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;

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Abstract Whether China’s inflation since 2007 is demand-pull or cost-push has become the study focus. Different opinions about the originations of the inflation indicate different policies against further inflation. VAR research based on the import price, money supply, excess wage and inflation rate finds that money supply instead of excess wage has made the most contribution for current inflation since 2000. Further evidence from sectoral data also confirms the conclusion of the VAR research. So there was no “wage-inflation” vicious circle in China during 2000–2007.

Keywords inflation demand pull cost push excess wage

Issue Date: 05 December 2009

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FAN Zhiyong. Is China’s inflation pushed by wages? An empirical research based on excess wages[J]. Front. Econ. China, 2009, 4(4): 572-587.

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