Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China

Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China
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非正式求职,不良求职?:求职方式对中国城市农民工工资的影响

DOI:
10.1007/s00148-017-0672-x
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发表时间:
2018-07
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Zhang Min
Zhang Min
中科院分区:
经济学2区
文献类型:
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作者:
Chen Yuanyuan;Wang Le;Zhang Min

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在许多国家,使用非正式的求职方法很普遍。然而,在文献中没有达成共识,即它是否真的对工资有影响,如果有,潜在的机制是什么。我们实证研究这些问题,特别是在中国城市,一个国家,在人类历史上最大的国内移民之一,在过去的几十年里发生了农村移民。我们发现,尽管通过非正式渠道进行求职的农民工很受欢迎,但他们的工资却存在很大的损失。我们进一步的分析表明,工资惩罚的两个潜在原因:(1)非正式求职向潜在雇主发出了一个负面信号(工人无法在竞争市场中成功找到工作),导致工资较低;(2)为了更快地进入当地劳动力市场,在工资和搜索效率之间存在权衡。我们还发现一些证据表明,非正式的求职可能会导致低技能和低工资的工作。我们没有找到强有力的证据支持其他解释。
The use of informal job search method is prevalent in many countries. There is, however, no consensus in the literature on whether it actually matters for wages, and if it does, what are the underlying mechanisms. We empirically examine these issues specifically for rural migrants in urban China, a country where one of the largest domestic migration in human history has occurred over the past decades. We find that there exists a significant wage penalty for those migrant workers who have conducted their search through informal channels, despite their popularity. Our further analysis suggests two potential reasons for the wage penalty: (1) the informal job search sends a negative signal (of workers’ inability to successfully find a job in a competitive market) to potential employers, resulting in lower wages, and (2) there exists a trade-off between wages and search efficiency for quicker entry into local labor market. We also find some evidence that the informal job search may lead to low-skilled jobs with lower wages. We do not find strong evidence supporting alternative explanations.
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