Chen, Zhao; Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2008
In this paper, we use the ?002 Chinese Household Income Project Survey?(CHIPS2002) data to examine how heterogeneous social interactions affect the peer effect in the rural-urban migration decision in China. We find that the peer effect, measured by the village migration ratio, significantly...