Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World : Evidence From China

In this paper, the authors examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in China. The authors find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per ca...

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Main Authors:	de Brauw, Alan, Giles, John
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ASSET OWNERSHIP BANKRUPTCY BANKS BOND BORROWING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITAL STOCK CITIZENSHIP COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CREDIT CONSTRAINT CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISPLACED WORKERS DIVERSIFICATION DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES DURABLE DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMICS RESEARCH EDUCATION LEVEL EMPLOYERS ENDOWMENTS ENTREPRENEURS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPROPRIATION EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LABOR FAMILY MEMBERS FARMERS FINANCIAL ASSETS GENDER GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GRAIN PRODUCTION HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ID IDS IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME EFFECT INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INFORMAL LOANS INSTRUMENT INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTING INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR LABOUR MARKETS LAND HOLDINGS LAND POLICY LAND TENURE LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOTTERY MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME MARKET PRICE MARKET RETURNS MICROENTERPRISES MIGRANT MIGRANT FAMILY MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MOBILITY OF LABOR NEGATIVE SHOCKS NORMAL GOOD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUTRITION PERMANENT INCOME PHYSICAL ASSETS PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CENSUS POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES RATE OF GROWTH RECEIPT REGISTRATION SYSTEM REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RENTS REPATRIATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNS RISK POOLING RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COUNTIES RURAL LABOR RURAL RESIDENTS SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHORT-TERM MIGRANTS SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SCIENCES STATE UNIVERSITY STOCKS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TAX TAX RATE TAXATION TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION USE VALUE VALUATION VALUE OF ASSETS VILLAGE VILLAGES VULNERABILITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WEALTH WEALTH EFFECT WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9322071/migrant-labor-markets-welfare-rural-households-developing-world-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6493

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Summary:	In this paper, the authors examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in China. The authors find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption per capita both increase with out-migration, and increase more for poorer households. The authors also establish a causal relationship between increased out-migration and investment in housing and durable goods assets, and these effects are also stronger for poorer households. The authors do not find robust evidence, however, to support a connection between increased migration and investment in productive activity. Instead, increased migration is associated with two significant changes for poorer households: increases both in the total labor supplied to productive activities and in the land per capita managed by the household. In examining the effect of migration, we pay considerable attention to developing and examining our identification strategy.

Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World : Evidence From China

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