This paper focuses on the determinants of self-employment among rural to urban migrants in China. Two self … can be correlated with employment choices. Using data from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI …

Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this … migrants in China based on their migration destination choices. Our baseline estimates suggest that to induce a migrant to move …

This paper argues that urbanization reshapes individual's risk preference by exerting self-selection and assimilation … effects. Taking advantage of the unique hukou system in the People's Republic of China, we initiate a quasi-experiment method … average. Overall, urbanization improves migrants' risk appetite, and mediated by this improvement, migrants are more likely to …

this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is …

this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is … the credibility of the IV by emphasizing the unique institutional context of rural-urban migration in China and focusing …

this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is … the credibility of the IV by emphasizing the unique institutional context of rural-urban migration in China and focusing …

Like most other developing countries, China experiences huge migration outflows from rural areas. Their most striking …. -- Migration ; land rights insecurity ; China ; semiparametric censored regression models …

We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

total factor productivity. We exploit time, country, and industry differences in the opening of EU labor markets from 2004 …