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Housing Demolition and Occupational Mobility: Evidence from China

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  • Wang, Chuhong

    (Yango University)

  • Wang, Yonghua

    (Yango University)

  • Liu, Xingfei

    (University of Alberta)

  • Zhong, Jiatong

    (University of Alberta)

Abstract

We identify the causal impact of housing demolition on employment and occupational mobility of working-age individuals in China. We exploit housing demolition events as a quasi-natural experiment and apply a two-way fixed effects approach to overcome the potential endogeneity problem. Using data from the CHFS, we find that on the extensive margin, housing demolition creates skill waste by making individuals less likely to work; while on the intensive margin, housing demolition leads to occupational upward mobility, especially among low-skilled workers. We do not find any empirical evidence that housing demolition influences internal migration flow or migrant workers' occupational mobility.

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  • Wang, Chuhong & Wang, Yonghua & Liu, Xingfei & Zhong, Jiatong, 2022. "Housing Demolition and Occupational Mobility: Evidence from China," IZA Discussion Papers 15750, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    housing demolition; occupational mobility; skill; migrant; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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