摘要：本文估算了中国制造业部门单位劳动力成本的变化情况。估计的结果表明，2000年至2004年中国制造业的劳动力成本逐步下降，但2004年以后，劳动力成本的增长速度快于生产率的增长速度，并导致了制造业部门单位劳动力成本的上升。要保持中国制造业在贸易中的优势，通过各种手段，促进企业的转型和升级，提升生产率水平，已经到了不容回避的阶段。

Trends of Unit Labour Force Cost in China’s Manufacturing Industries and Its Influences               

Abstract: This paper calculates the unit labor cost of China’s manufacturing industries. The results show that the unit labor cost declined gradually before 2004. But after that, due to the higher growth rate of wage and other labor cost than that of the labor productivity, the unit labor cost began increasing. So to sustain the advantage of China’s manufacturing industries, it becomes urgent to promote the industrial transforming and upgrading to improve the labor productivity.

文章出处：中国人口与劳动问题报告No.13，第十章