| ID | 147409 |
| Title Proper | Dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages |
| Other Title Information | system GMM estimates from rural China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ha, Wei ; Yi, Junjian ; Yuan, Ye ; Zhang, Junsen |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Using a newly constructed panel dataset that covers the 14-year period from 1997 to 2011 for more than 100 villages in China, this study analyzes the dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages. Given that income inequality is time persisting, we use a system GMM framework. We found that the dynamic relationship between migration and income inequality is inversely U-shaped. Specifically, contemporary migration increases income inequality, whereas lagged migration has a strong income inequality-reducing effect on the sending villages. A 50 percent increase in the lagged migration rate translates into a one-ninth to one-tenth standard deviation reduction in income inequality. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Economic Review Vol. 37; Feb 2016: p.27–39 |
| Journal Source | China Economic Review 2016-04 |
| Key Words | Migration ; Inequality ; System GMM |