Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China
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چکیده
How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in developing countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufacturing firms between 2000 and 2006, exploit exogenous variation induced by agricultural income shocks for identification. find that, when immigration increases, becomes more labor intensive productivity declines. investigate the reorganization of using patent applications product information. show that induces both labor-oriented technological change adoption varieties. (JEL D24, L23, L60, O33, P25, P31, R23)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Economic Review
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2640-205X', '2640-2068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191234