正确把握效率与公平的辩证关系是推进中国式现代化建设强有力的支撑。文章试图从企业劳动要素配置的视角出发,探讨ESG评级的就业效应和收入分配效应,旨在揭示企业在应对ESG评级时如何在效率与公平之间做出抉择。文章以2011—2019年中国A股上市公司为研究对象,重点探讨ESG评级对企业就业变动、员工雇佣效率和工资分配不公平的影响及作用路径,并进一步考察了在调整经营策略时,企业对效率与公平的偏好。研究发现,ESG评级降低了企业就业净增长并倒逼企业改善了员工雇佣效率,但同时也加剧了企业工资分配不公平。路径分析表明,ESG评级虽然通过降低就业创造的路径导致企业就业增长速度收缩,但却从抑制过度雇佣员工和缓解雇佣不足的双重路径改善了员工雇佣效率;ESG评级引发工资分配不公平的核心逻辑在于,其在推动高管薪酬和普通员工工资提升的同时,加剧了高管超额薪酬问题。ESG评级引致的市场压力和监督效应是企业员工雇佣决策和收入分配调整的主要动因;基于公平和效率视角的情境分析发现,ESG评级驱动下的企业经营决策调整更加偏向效率原则。此外,ESG评级能够提高企业资本劳动比,优化劳动力技能结构。文章丰富了ESG评级经济后果的研究,为理解外部监督下的企业适应性行为提供了有益思考。
ESG评级与企业劳动要素配置*——兼论效率和公平的统一性
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王孝华, 韩晓逸, 魏志华. ESG评级与企业劳动要素配置*——兼论效率和公平的统一性[J]. 财经研究, 2025, 51(5): 50-64.
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