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Effects of export growth on the location choices of migrant workers: Evidence from China

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  • Peng, Guohua
  • Zhao, Xiaoling

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This paper examines the interregional migration responses to the export shocks in a middle-income country. We present the evidence that the export growth in China has significant impacts on interregional migration. Using 2005 Chinese Population Census data, we estimate the impacts of export growth on the location choices of the migrant workers across prefectures. The results imply that for a 1000 USD increase in export growth per worker in a prefecture, the probability of migrant workers choosing the prefecture increases significantly by 0.77 percentage points. The effects of export growth have heterogeneity on different education and hukou type groups of migrant workers. We show that the effects are driven by the increases in the mean wage rates and the improvements of job opportunities for migrant workers. Our estimates reveal important trade-offs for prefecture attributes related to the probability of migration.

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  • Peng, Guohua & Zhao, Xiaoling, 2025. "Effects of export growth on the location choices of migrant workers: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:chieco:v:92:y:2025:i:c:s1043951x25000677
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102409
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    Keywords

    Export shocks; Interregional migration; Location choices; Conditional logit model; Trade-offs;
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    JEL classification:

    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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