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Navigating climate uncertainty: employment effects of social security contributions in China.
| Τίτλος: | Navigating climate uncertainty: employment effects of social security contributions in China. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Chen F; School of Economics and Management, Shandong Youth University of Political Science, Jinan, China., Cui Y; School of Insurance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China., Ji Y; School of Vocational Education, Shandong Youth University Of Political Science, Jinan, China., Wang K; School of Economics and Management, Shandong Youth University of Political Science, Jinan, China. |
| Πηγή: | Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2026 Sep 25; Vol. 14, pp. 1917557. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 25 (Print Publication: 2026). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Frontiers Editorial Office Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101616579 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2296-2565 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22962565 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Front Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Lausanne : Frontiers Editorial Office |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Employment*/statistics & numerical data , Employment*/economics , Social Security*/economics , Social Security*/statistics & numerical data, China ; Humans ; Uncertainty |
| Περίληψη: | Introduction: As an institutional component of labor costs, social insurance contributions (SIC) directly shape firms' employment decisions. Methods: Using data from China's A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2019, and exploiting the implementation of the social insurance law (SIL) of China in 2011 as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper investigates the impact of social insurance contributions on corporate labor employment decisions and the underlying mechanisms. Results: The results show that an increase in social insurance contributions significantly reduces the scale of corporate labor employment. An analysis of the cost-shifting effect reveals that, compared with reducing wages, firms are more likely to reduce employment to alleviate the burden of social insurance contributions. Mechanism analysis indicates that higher social insurance contributions reduce labor employment through three channels: tightening liquidity constraints, reducing production scale, and increasing capital input. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the nega-tive effect of increased social insurance contributions on labor employment is more pronounced among firms with severe financing constraints and those with larger pre-existing labor employment scales. Discussion: Our findings deepen the understanding of the labor‑market consequences of social security policies and provide empirical evidence for balancing social security obligations and stable corporate employment. (Copyright © 2026 Chen, Cui, Ji and Wang.) |
| Competing Interests: | The author(s) declared that this work was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. |
| References: | Front Psychol. 2022 Oct 19;13:934516. (PMID: 36337519) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: climate risk; difference-in-differences; labor employment; shifting effect; social insurance contributions |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261010 Date Completed: 20261010 Latest Revision: 20261012 |
| Update Code: | 20261012 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13649469 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1917557 |
| PMID: | 42856584 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1917557 |