Minimum Wage Increase and Financial Asset Allocation

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the scenario of the exogenous rise of minimum wage, this paper studies the impact of the rise of minimum wage on corporate financial asset allocation by taking Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share non-financial listed companies from 2009 to 2021 as samples. The empirical test shows that the increment of the minimum wage increases by one standard deviation, and the increment of the enterprise financial asset allocation decreases by a percentage equivalent to 36.55% of the sample mean. In addition, this effect is more significant in the enterprises with high capital labor substitution elasticity and weak cost transfer ability, and mainly reduces the allocation of financial assets exposed to "crowding out effect", but has no significant impact on the financial assets exposed to "incentive effect". The mechanism test shows that the increase of minimum wage promotes the increase of capital expenditure while reducing the cash liquidity of companies, thus reducing the allocation of financial assets. This study not only clarifies the substitution relationship between the real economy and the fictitious economy from the perspective of the rise of the minimum wage, and the allocation of enterprise financial assets, but also provides useful reference for the improvement of minimum wage standard system and the rectification of economic financialization.

Key words: minimum wage increase, financial asset allocation, labor protection, financialization

Cao Feng, Gu Xiaoying, Dai Ming. Minimum Wage Increase and Financial Asset Allocation[J]. Management Review, 2025, 37(5): 191-205.

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