In the present study, we investigate whether workers close to cities are paid higher non-agricultural wages than workers in outlying rural areas. We find that workers close to urban areas not only benefit from more opportunities to engage in non-agricultural activities, but also from better paid jobs. In addition, distance exhibits a strongly nonlinear impact. Distance always has a negative impact on wages but the effect is more detrimental, the closer the village is to the urban center. We also find evidence of urban hierarchy effects: workers living close to bigger cities are paid higher wages. Finally, we provide evidence on the transmission channels at work
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In the present study, we investigate whether workers close to cities are paid higher non-agricultura...
In the present study, we investigate whether workers close to cities are paid higher non-agricultura...
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This paper estimates the causal effect of rural-urban migration on urban production in China. We use...
This article analyses the way households in rural China use rural-urban migration and off-farm work ...
Nonfarm activities (NFA) are a crucial component of the livelihood strategies of China’s rural house...
In the present study, we investigate whether workers close to cities are paid higher non-agricultura...
In the present study, we investigate whether workers close to cities are paid higher non-agricultura...
This paper assesses whether cities enhance technical efficiency of nearby rural counties, by allowin...
We study whether rural areas close to urban centers enjoy a more productive agricultural sector than...
We combine the 2005 China Inter-Census Population Survey data and the 2004 China Manufacturing Censu...
Large numbers of agricultural labor moved from the countryside to cities after the economic reforms ...
The continued transfer of agricultural labor into the industrial sector is crucial to China's transf...
There is a price to pay for any and every country to develop. This price can be said to have been du...
The continued transfer of agricultural labor into the industrial sector is crucial to China's transf...
Following the launch of the 'Develop the West' strategy in 2000, western China has undergone huge ch...
This paper assess the China s rural labor market by exploring the role of education playing in the w...
The authors evaluate the impact of two key factor market distortions in China on rural-urban inequal...
This paper estimates the causal effect of rural-urban migration on urban production in China. We use...
This article analyses the way households in rural China use rural-urban migration and off-farm work ...
Nonfarm activities (NFA) are a crucial component of the livelihood strategies of China’s rural house...