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AbstractWe extend the Regression Discontinuity model to evaluate the procyclicality of employment effect of minimum wage and show that previous estimates may be biased due to failure to account for the local non‐employment rate. The results suggest that the positive employment effect of increasing minimum wage is strongly procyclical, that is, is more pronounced in areas with low non‐employment rates. Under an assumption that employers have no direct impact around the cut‐off point, the results suggest that a higher minimum wage increases labour supply of young workers.

This research investigated the job mobility of migrant workers based on a survey of migrant workers in six cities in eastern China. The high degree of job mobility noted among migrant workers was found to be associated with the use of "trial and error" method in their search for better jobs. Differences in the duration of migrants' stay in the urban labor market and social integration in the destinations resulted in their varying capacity to obtain and analyze labor market information, which in turn, accounted for job changes. In view of the employers' interest in maintaining low wages, the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers cannot be guaranteed under the current industrial, institutional, and social contexts. Under these circumstances, the job mobility of migrant workers reflects their aspirations to find better incomes and working conditions.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore mechanisms of cultural distance in the base of Chinese Service Multi-National Enterprise (MNE) settings. When attempting to enter overseas markets, many service MNEs face challenges caused by the cultural distance between the home and host countries. Culture distance attracts much attention in academia and industry. However, there are few empirical works to examine how cultural distance affects customer orientation strategies in a global supply chain. This paper aims to answer the following research question: How is the effect of cultural distance on customer acquisition and customer retention strategies, and the effect of customer orientation strategies on the performance of service-oriented MNEs controlled by Chinese capital along the Belt and Road Initiative?Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the effect of cultural distance on the customer acquisition strategy and customer retention strategy, and the effect of customer orientation strategies on the performance of Chinese Service MNEs. A large-scale empirical study of Chinese Service MNEs operating in overseas markets is performed and questionnaires were distributed and collected. This paper uses Hofstede's method (Hofstede, 2010), Schwartz's method (Schwartz, 2003) and Houseet al.'s method (Houseet al., 2004) to calculate cultural distance. By using each kind of method, this study calculates the absolute culture distance and relative culture distance respectively.FindingsThe results suggest that cultural distance negatively affects customer orientation strategy, customer acquisition strategy positively affects performance and the interaction of customer acquisition and customer retention positively affects performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study aims to contribute to the existing literature with a more fine-grained understanding of the inclusion of customer orientation strategy of Chinese Service MNEs in global supply chains.Practical implicationsThe findings outline several important implications that Chinese Service MNEs seeking to expand to overseas markets.Originality/valueThis paper contributes a novel, combined perspective of culture distance and customer orientation strategy.