Family migration and structural transformation

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作者
Cao, Huoqing [1 ]
Chen, Chaoran [2 ]
Xi, Xican [1 ]
Zuo, Sharon Xuejing [1 ]
机构
[1] Fudan Univ, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[2] York Univ, Dept Econ, Toronto, ON, Canada
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2024年 / 57卷 / 03期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; TRADE; LABOR; FEMINIZATION; INEQUALITY; GEOGRAPHY; SELECTION;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12725
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper integrates the migration decisions of married couples into a multi-sector spatial model, investigating their impact on structural transformation, productivity and gender wage gap. Focusing on China, a country characterized by a higher share of agricultural employment and a lower share in services compared with countries with similar income, we uncover a significant gender gap in migration costs among rural married couples. Furthermore, while migration costs have decreased for all demographic groups from 2000 to 2010, the decline was least pronounced for married couples when both partners left agriculture. We find that reducing migration costs for married couples who migrate together would lead to a decline in agricultural employment, a rise in service sector employment, an increase in aggregate productivity and a narrowing of the gender wage gap. Eliminating the gender differences in migration costs would also increase service sector employment and reduce the gender wage gap. Migration familiale et transformation structurelle Cet article int & egrave;gre les d & eacute;cisions de migration des couples mari & eacute;s dans un mod & egrave;le spatial multisectoriel et & eacute;tudie leur incidence sur la transformation structurelle, la productivit & eacute; et l'& eacute;cart de r & eacute;mun & eacute;ration entre les sexes. En nous concentrant sur la Chine, un pays caract & eacute;ris & eacute; par une part plus importante d'emplois agricoles et une part plus faible d'emplois dans les services par rapport & agrave; des pays o & ugrave; le revenu est semblable, nous d & eacute;couvrons un & eacute;cart significatif entre les sexes en mati & egrave;re de co & ucirc;ts de migration parmi les couples ruraux mari & eacute;s. En outre, si les co & ucirc;ts de migration ont diminu & eacute; pour tous les groupes d & eacute;mographiques entre 2000 et 2010, la baisse a & eacute;t & eacute; moins prononc & eacute;e pour les couples mari & eacute;s lorsque les deux partenaires ont quitt & eacute; l'agriculture. Nous constatons que la r & eacute;duction des co & ucirc;ts de migration pour les couples mari & eacute;s qui & eacute;migrent ensemble entra & icirc;nerait une baisse de l'emploi agricole, une hausse de l'emploi dans le secteur des services, une augmentation de la productivit & eacute; globale et une r & eacute;duction de l'& eacute;cart de r & eacute;mun & eacute;ration entre les sexes. L'& eacute;limination des diff & eacute;rences de co & ucirc;ts de migration entre les hommes et les femmes augmenterait & eacute;galement l'emploi dans le secteur des services et r & eacute;duirait l'& eacute;cart de r & eacute;mun & eacute;ration entre les sexes.
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页码:753 / 776
页数:24
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