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CITY-LEVEL HUKOU-BASED LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION AND MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHINA.
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Technological & Economic Development of Economy . 2021, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p1095-1118. 24p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A previously undocumented association between city-level degree of hukou-based labor market discrimination and migrant's individual entrepreneurship engagement is examined. Applying the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis on the micro data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) suggests that hukou-based labor market discrimination can on average explain a 6.3% differential in personal income for rural migrants relative to otherwise identical urban migrants. A one standard deviation increase in a city's average hukou-based labor market discrimination is associated with roughly 2.9 percentage point higher of entrepreneurship rate among rural migrants, holding other things equal. Furthermore, city-level hukou-based labor market discrimination is associated with much higher propensity for engagement in necessitybased entrepreneurship compared with opportunity-based entrepreneurship. Our empirical work also suggests that the association between city-level hukou discrimination and migrant entrepreneurship is more prominent for people with middle level of education, young people, married people, and renters. Policy implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20294913
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Technological & Economic Development of Economy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152880823
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3846/tede.2021.15006