Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis

In urban China, urban resident annual earnings are 1.3 times larger than long-term rural migrant earnings as observed in a nationally representative sample in 2002. Using microsimulation, we decompose this difference into four sources, with particular attention to path-dependence and statistical dis...

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Volume:	37
Main Author:	Démurger, Sylvie Gurgand, Marc Li, Shi Yue, Ximing
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	SAN DIEGO Elsevier Inc 2009 ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE Elsevier Elsevier B.V
published in:	Journal of Comparative Economics Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 610 - 628
ORCID:	0000-0001-6447-7236
Data of publication:	2009
ISSN:	0147-5967 1095-7227
EISSN:	1095-7227
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Journal of Comparative Economics
Subjects:	Discrimination Migration Chinese labor market Earnings differentials Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Chinese labor market Earnings differentials Migration Discrimination Labor market Urban population Rural population Economic aspects Migration, Internal Forecasts and trends Comparative analysis Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences China P23 O15 Discrimination J71 Migration Earnings differentials J31 Chinese labor market RESIDENTS RURAL MIGRANTS OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS EDUCATION LABOR-MARKET migration discrimination chinese labor market earnings differentials
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