講座主題:Migrants and Firms:Evidence from China
主講嘉賓:張轶凡,香港中文大學經濟系副教授
講座時間:2019年4月19日(周五),上午9:30-11:00
講座地點:沙河校區主教406
嘉賓簡介:張轶凡,香港中文大學經濟系副教授。中國人民大學經濟學學士、碩士,美國匹茲堡大學經濟學博士,并在美國耶魯大學從事博士後研究。兼任世界銀行、亞洲開發銀行咨詢顧問和美國康奈爾大學中國經濟研究中心研究員。研究興趣包括國際貿易、産業組織和發展經濟學等。研究成果發表于American EconomicReview, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics等國際知名期刊。
内容摘要:Thispaper estimates the causal effect of rural migration on urban production inChina. Using a panel of Chinese manufacturing firms, we exploit exogenousvariation in rural-urban migration due to agricultural price shocks. We findthat following a migrant inflow, labor costs decline and employment expands.Labor productivity decreases sharply and remains low in the medium run. Aquantitative framework suggests that migration mostly benefits low-productivityfirms within locations. As migrants select into high-productivity destinations,migration however strongly contributes to the equalization of factorproductivity across locations.
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