Migration, tariffs, and China's export surge*

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Liu, Chen; Ma, Xiao
• 署名单位: National University of Singapore; Peking University; Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKU Shenzhen)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103696
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: International trade; TARIFFS; Labor-market adjustments; migration; Firm location choices

摘要

We build a multi-sector spatial general equilibrium model that features heterogeneous firms' and workers' location choices to account for China's export surge between 1990 and 2005 using three policy changes: China's import tariffs, tariffs imposed against China's exports, and barriers to internal migration in China. We find that tariff and migration policies jointly ac-counted for 30% of China's export growth. We also find evidence that suggests a positive inter-action effect of tariff and migration policies. As migration reform prepared the country to become more export oriented, China enjoyed faster export growth after opening to trade than it would have otherwise.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.