The effects of rural-urban migration on corporate innovation: Evidence from a natural experiment in China
The effects of rural-urban migration on corporate innovation: Evidence from a natural experiment in China
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城乡迁移对企业创新的影响：来自中国自然实验的证据
DOI：
10.1111/fima.12280
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Ma, Yujing
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作者：
Chen, Deqiu;Gao, Huasheng;Ma, Yujing
我们发现，低技能，农村劳动力迁移到城市中心的企业在这样的城市中心的创新具有负面的因果关系。我们的测试利用了中国城市户籍制度的交错放松，这有利于农村居民迁移到城市。我们发现，相对于总部设在没有采取此类政策的城市的公司，总部设在采取此类政策的城市的公司的创新显著减少。总的来说，我们的研究结果支持这样一种观点，即低技能工人的充足供应增加了使用现有低技能技术的好处，从而降低了企业的创新动力。
We show that the migration of low-skilled, rural workers to urban centers has a negative causal effect on innovation of firms in such urban centers. Our tests exploit the staggered relaxation of city-level household registration system in China, which facilitates rural residents to migrate to cities. We find a significant decrease in innovation for firms headquartered in cities that have adopted such policies relative to firms headquartered in cities that have not. Overall, our results support the view that an abundant supply of low-skilled workers increases the benefit of using existing low-skilled technology and thus reduces firms’ incentive to innovate.