Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China

被引：67
作者：
Imbert, Clement [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Seror, Marlon [5 ]
Zhang, Yifan [6 ]
Zylberberg, Yanos [3 ,7 ,8 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Warwick, Coventry, W Midlands, England
[2] BREAD, London, England
[3] CEPR, London, England
[4] J PAL, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[5] Univ Quebec Montreal, DIAL, Inst Convergences Migrat, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[6] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[7] Univ Bristol, Bristol, Avon, England
[8] CESifo, Munich, Germany
来源：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2022年 / 112卷 / 06期
关键词：
INTERNAL MIGRATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; IMMIGRANT INFLOWS; LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; WAGES; IMPACT; TRADE; UNEMPLOYMENT; INFORMALITY;
D O I：
10.1257/aer.20191234
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in devel-oping countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufactur-ing 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, man-ufacturing production becomes more labor intensive and produc-tivity declines. We investigate the reorganization of production using patent applications and product information. We show that rural-urban migration induces both labor-oriented technolog-ical change and the adoption of labor intensive product varieties. (JEL D24, L23, L60, O33, P25, P31, R23)
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页码：1885 / 1914
页数：30
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