Access to Migration for Rural Households

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kinnan, Cynthia; Wang, Shing-Yi; Wang, Yongxiang
• 署名单位: Tufts University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20160395
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 79-119
• 关键词: international migration; educational-attainment; cultural-revolution; labor mobility; el-salvador; panel-data; remittances; CHINA; RISK; INEQUALITY

摘要

This paper exploits a unique feature of China's history, the sentdown youth (SDY) program, to study the effects of access to internal migration. We show that temporary migration due to the SDY program created lasting inter-province links. We interact these links with two time-varying pull measures in potential destinations. Decades after the SDY program ended, increased access to migration in cities that sent SDY leads to higher rates of migration from provinces where those SDY temporarily resided. We find that improved access to migration leads to lower consumption volatility and lower asset holding. Furthermore, household production shifts into high-risk, high-return activities.