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Title: Schooling returns for migrant workers in China: Estimations from the perspective of the institutional environment in a rural setting
Contributor(s): Yao, Yao (author); Chen, George S  (author)orcid ; Salim, Ruhul (author); Yu, Xiaojun (author)
Publication Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.008
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26270
Abstract: We examine schooling returns for migrant workers in China based on the 2009 Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey. Using a novel instrumental variable (IV) set based on the institutional environment unique to rural China, we find the point estimates of returns to lie within the range of 7.8% - 10.7% for each additional year of schooling. Whilst our estimates are slightly higher than those reported for this cohort of workers in the literature, they are significantly lower than those enjoyed urban dwellers. Furthermore, we identify a wider gap in schooling returns between male (14.7%) and female (8.5%) migrant workers than the comparable gap for urban dwellers. Our results provide another line of evidence supporting a segmented labor market in urban China and remain robust to different estimators and under various IV restrictions. We suggest that improving the education system in the rural areas and eliminating the gender gap among migrant workers represent the necessary steps for enhancing social harmony in the Chinese society.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: China Economic Review, v.51, p. 240-256
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Place of Publication: Netherlands
ISSN: 1873-7781
1043-951X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 150305 Human Resources Management
140204 Economics of Education
160506 Education Policy
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 380104 Economics of education
380202 Econometric and statistical methods
380114 Public economics - publicly provided goods
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 910102 Demography
919999 Economic Framework not elsewhere classified
939904 Gender Aspects of Education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 150507 Micro labour market issues
150502 Human capital issues
150207 Macro labour market issues
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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