Migrants and firms: Evidence from China

Clement Imbert; Marlon A R Seror; Yifan Zhang; Yanos Zylberberg

doi:10.1257/aer.20191234

Migrants and firms: Evidence from China

Clement Imbert, Marlon A R Seror, Yifan Zhang, Yanos Zylberberg

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How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in developing countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufacturing 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, manufacturing production becomes more labor-intensive and productivity declines. We investigate the reorganization of production using patent applications and product information. We show that rural-urban migration induces both labor-oriented technological change and the adoption of labor intensive product varieties.

Original language	English
Journal	American Economic Review
Volume	112
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191234
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

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Imbert, C. (Creator), Seror, M. (Creator), Zhang, Y. (Creator) & Zylberberg, Y. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 5 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.3886/e152203v1-130842, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/152203/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/152203/fcr:versions/V1/Results/Appendix&type=folder
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Imbert, C. (Creator), Seror, M. (Creator), Zhang, Y. (Creator) & Zylberberg, Y. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 5 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.3886/e152203v1-133140, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/152203/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/152203/fcr:versions/V1/Code&type=folder
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