Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization and Undocumented Labour Mobility in Rural China, 1982–87
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen
10.6084/m9.figshare.3689145.v1
https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fiscal_Decentralization_Rural_Industrialization_and_Undocumented_Labour_Mobility_in_Rural_China_1982_87/3689145
<p>Chen Y. P. Fiscal decentralization, rural industrialization and undocumented labour mobility in rural China, 1982–87, <i>Regional Studies</i>. This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural–rural undocumented inter-provincial labour migration during China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is employed to correct for the zero observation problems and to estimate consistently the labour mobility with a modified gravity equation. Given the institutional barriers, the fiscal decentralization has two contending effects on labour market integration: local economic development promotes labour mobility, but local public goods crowding restrains the inflow of labour at the destination. The crowding effect is stronger at lower levels of government.</p>
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Fiscal decentralization
Local economic development
Local public goods
Rural labour mobility
财政地方化
地方经济发展
地方公共财
农村劳工流动性
Décentralisation budgétaire
Développement économique local
Biens publics locaux
Mobilité rurale de la main-d'oeuvre
Fiskale Dezentralisierung
Lokale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Lokale öffentliche Güter
Mobilität von Arbeitskräften in ländlichen Gebieten
Descentralización fiscal
Desarrollo económico local
Mercancías públicas locales
Movilidad laboral rural
D72
H30
J61
J68