Migration and rural poverty in China
Migration and rural poverty in China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jce.2005.09.001
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Wang, SG
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作者：
Du, Y;Park, A;Wang, SG
我们分析了两个来自中国贫困地区的互补家庭数据集，以考察贫困人口是否迁移以及迁移是否有助于贫困人口。我们发现一个倒U形的关系，家庭捐赠和迁移的可能性。随着时间的推移，穷人更有可能移徙。使用家庭面板数据，并以以前的村庄移民网络为工具，我们发现，有一个移民增加了家庭的人均收入8.5%至13.1%，但对贫困的总体影响是温和的，因为大多数穷人不迁移。移徙者将其收入的很大一部分汇回国内，这些汇款的数额在一定程度上是根据其他家庭成员的需要而定的。Journal of Comparative Economics 33（4）（2005）688-709.中国社会科学院人口与劳动经济研究所，北京100732;美国密歇根大学，611 Tappan Street，安阿伯，MI 48109;中国农业科学院农业经济研究所，北京100081。(c)2005年，任比较经济学研究所所长。爱思唯尔公司出版All rights reserved.
We analyze two complementary household datasets from China's poor areas to examine whether the poor migrate and whether migration helps the poor. We find an inverted-U-shaped relationship between household endowments and the likelihood of migration. Over time, the poor are more likely to migrate. Using household panel data and taking prior village migration networks as an instrument, we find that having a migrant increases a household's income per capita by 8.5 to 13.1 percent, but that the overall impact on poverty is modest because most poor people do not migrate. Migrants remit a large share of their income and the amount of these remittances is responsive somewhat to the needs of other family members. Journal of Comparative Economics 33 (4) (2005) 688-709. Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732, China; University of Michigan, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Institute of Agricultural Economics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China. (c) 2005 Association for Comparative Economic Studies. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.