Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Imbert, Clement; Seror, Marlon; Zhang, Yifan; Zylberberg, Yanos
• 署名单位: University of Warwick; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of Quebec; University of Quebec Montreal; Chinese University of Hong Kong; University of Bristol; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20191234
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 1885-1914
• 关键词: internal migration; Agricultural productivity; immigrant inflows; LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; wages; IMPACT; TRADE; unemployment; informality

摘要

How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in devel-oping countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufactur-ing firms between 2000 and 2006, and exploit exogenous variation in rural-urban migration induced by agricultural income shocks for identification. We find that, when immigration increases, man-ufacturing production becomes more labor intensive and produc-tivity declines. We investigate the reorganization of production using patent applications and product information. We show that rural-urban migration induces both labor-oriented technolog-ical change and the adoption of labor intensive product varieties. (JEL D24, L23, L60, O33, P25, P31, R23)