Access to Migration for Rural Households

Cynthia Kinnan, Shing-Yi Wang and Yongxiang Wang

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 79-119

Abstract: This paper exploits a unique feature of China's history, the "sent-down youth" (SDY) program, to study the effects of access to internal migration. We show that temporary migration due to the SDY program created lasting inter-province links. We interact these links with two time-varying pull measures in potential destinations. Decades after the SDY program ended, increased access to migration in cities which sent SDY leads to higher rates of migration from provinces where those SDY temporarily resided. We find that improved access to migration leads to lower consumption volatility and lower asset-holding. Furthermore, household production shifts into high-risk, high-return activities.

JEL-codes: D13 J24 O15 O18 P25 P36 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.20160395
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