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Migrants and firms : evidence from China
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Imbert, Clément, Seror, Marlon, Zhang, Yifan and Zylberberg, Yanos (2018) Migrants and firms : evidence from China. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1185). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This paper estimates the causal effect of rural-urban migration on urban production in China. We use longitudinal data on manufacturing firms between 2001 and 2006 and exploit exogenous variation in rural-urban migration due to agricultural price shocks. Following a migrant inflow, labor costs decline and employment expands. Labor productivity decreases sharply and remains low in the medium run. A quantitative framework suggests that destinations become too labor-abundant and migration mostly benefits lowproductivity firms within locations. As migrants select into high-productivity destinations, migration however strongly contributes to the equalization of factor productivity across locations.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Rural-urban migration -- China, Industrial productivity, Internal migrants -- economic aspects -- China | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
ISSN: | 0083-7350 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2018 | ||||
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Number: | 1185 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 83 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 December 2018 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 December 2018 |
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