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Imbert, Clément, Seror, Marlon, Zhang, Yifan and Zylberberg, Yanos (2022) Migrants and firms : evidence from China. American Economic Review, 112 (6). pp. 1885-1914. doi:10.1257/aer.20191234 ISSN 0002-8282.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191234
Abstract
How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in developing countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufacturing firms between 2000 and 2006, and exploit exogenous variation in rural-urban migration induced by agricultural income shocks for identification. We find that, when immigration increases, manufacturing production becomes more labor intensive and productivity declines. We investigate the reorganization of production using patent applications and product information. We show that rural-urban migration induces both labor-oriented technological change and the adoption of labor intensive product varieties.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Business enterprises -- China, Business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- China, Migration, Internal -- China, Migration, Internal -- Economic aspects -- China | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | American Economic Association | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0002-8282 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 6 June 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 112 | ||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1885-1914 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20191234 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 March 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 July 2022 | ||||||
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