Arbeitspapier
Relative concerns of rural-to-urban migrants in China
As their environment changes, migrants constitute an interesting group to study the effect of relative income on subjective well-being. This paper focuses on the huge population of rural-to-urban migrants in China. Using a novel dataset, we find that the well-being of migrants depends on several reference groups: it is negatively affected by the income of other migrants and workers of home regions; in contrast, we identify a positive, signal effect vis-à-vis urban workers: larger urban incomes indicate higher income prospects for the migrants. These effects are particularly strong for migrants who wish to settle permanently, decline with years since migrations and change with other characteristics including work conditions and community ties.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5480
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: General
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- Thema
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China
relative concerns
well-being
Landflucht
Binnenwanderung
Nutzen
Zufriedenheit
China
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Akay, Alpaslan
Bargain, Olivier
Zimmermann, Klaus F.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104113533
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Akay, Alpaslan
- Bargain, Olivier
- Zimmermann, Klaus F.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2011
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