Wage Premium and Rent Sharing of a Dominant Sector: The Gaming of Macao estudo
jul 26 Chi-shing Chan1 | Jie He2 | Fung Kwan3 | Ziang Qiu4 | Yang Zhang5 1 Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau, Macao, China | 2Department of Economics, University of Macau, Macao, China | 3Department of Economics, Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics & Management, Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau, Macao, China | 4Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Macao, China | 5Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Macau, Macao, China Correspondence: Fung Kwan (fungkwan@umac.mo) Received: 30 January 2026 | Revised: 13 May 2026 | Accepted: 14 June 2026 Keywords: gaming sector | inter-industry wage differential | Macao | rent sharing | wage premium ABSTRACT We examined the hidden wage differences between gaming, a dominant sector of the small open economy, Macao, and non- gaming. The findings reveal significant and persistent wage gaps between the gaming industry and other sectors of the economy, even after accounting for labour-...