Promoting or preventing labor migration? Revisiting the role of language
Promoting or preventing labor migration? Revisiting the role of language
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促进还是阻止劳动力移民？
DOI：
10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101407
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Xu, Xianxiang
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文献类型：
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作者：
Liu, Yuyun;Jiao, Yang;Xu, Xianxiang
大量移民的流入增加了目的地的语言和文化多样性，从而促进了思想的普遍交流，并有助于经济增长。然而，在发展中国家，语言对移徙的影响研究不足。在本文中，我们解决这个问题的背景下，中国的微观层面的数据的基础上，发现一个强大的倒U型关系的迁移概率和方言距离之间的一个人的原籍地和目的地。我们的识别策略仔细解决了选择偏见，并调查了语言通过施加沟通障碍，建立社会认同和加强技能交流来影响移民决策的不同渠道。研究结果表明，迁移成本主要是由于社会融合的困难，而沟通成本很小，因为中国的标准普通话的广泛使用。相比之下，当个人迁移到语言上更遥远的地方时，移徙的好处就会增加。
Large migration inflows increase the linguistic and cultural diversity of the place of destination, which facilitates the universal interchange of ideas and contributes to economic growth. However, the impact of language on migration is under-researched in developing countries. In this paper, we address this question in the context of China based on micro-level data and find a robust inverted U-shaped relationship between the probability of migration and the dialect distance between one's place of origin and the destination. Our identification strategy carefully addressed the selection bias and investigated different channels through which language affects the decision to migrate through imposing communication barriers, establishing social identity, and enhancing the exchange of skills. The results suggest that migration costs are mainly due to the difficulties of social integration, and the communication costs are small because of the wide use of standard Putonghua in China. In contrast, the benefits of migration increase when individuals move to a more linguistically distant place.