Arbeitspapier
Measuring the income-distance tradeoff for rural-urban migrants in China
Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this phenomenon, we build a simple model in which migrants from rural areas choose among potential destination cities to maximize utility. The distance between a migrant's home village and destination city is explicitly included in the utility function. Using recent survey data, we first estimate an individual's expected income in each potential destination city using a semi-parametric method, controlling for potential self-selection biases. We then estimate the indirect utility function for rural- urban migrants in China based on their migration destination choices. Our baseline estimates suggest that to induce a migrant to move 10 percent further away from home, the income of this migrant has to increase by 15 percent. This elasticity varies very little with migration distance; it is slightly higher for female than male migrants; it is not affected by the migrant's age, education, or marital status. We explore possible explanations of these results and discuss their policy implications.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7160
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
- Thema
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income-distance tradeoff
rural-urban migration
hukou system
China
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Zhang, Junfu
Zhao, Zhong
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2013
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Zhang, Junfu
- Zhao, Zhong
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2013
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