Arbeitspapier

Hukou Changes and Subjective Well-Being

The literature on subjective well-being has highlighted the negative effects associated with the restrictions and inequality imposed by the hukou system on China's rural population. However, quantifying the cost of holding a rural hukou has generally been problematic, principally for lack of suitable data or measurements. Thanks to RUMiC, a new longitudinal database on China, this limitation can be overcome by exploiting exogenous changes in hukou status due to expropriation. The results support that granting an urban hukou substantially enhances subjective well-being within the household, especially for the household heads. The results complement a growing literature on subjective well-being focusing on China.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9451

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Household Behavior and Family Economics: Other
Economics of Eminent Domain; Expropriation; Nationalization
General Welfare; Well-Being
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Household Analysis: General
Thema
subjective well-being
expropriation
China

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Tani, Massimiliano
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Tani, Massimiliano
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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