Geography, trade, and internal migration in China

This paper quantitatively studies the local welfare impacts of inter-city migration in China. We structurally estimate a trade model with endogenous migration decisions using data from 279 prefecture-level cities. The results suggest that inflows of migrant workers increase welfare in the destinatio...

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Main Authors: Ma, Lin, Tang, Yang
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154602
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English