DO PUBLIC WORK SCHEMES DETER OR ENCOURAGE OUTMIGRATION? [推广有奖]

1 论文标题

DO PUBLIC WORK SCHEMES DETER OR ENCOURAGE OUTMIGRATION? Empirical Evidence from China

2 作者信息

Chau, Nancy H.

Kanbur, Ravi

Qin, Yu

3 出处和链接（比如，NBER working paper No.11000）
http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/128799/2/Cornell-Dyson-wp1205.pdf
4 摘要
How does the introduction of rural public work schemes impact individual
incentives to migrate? This paper examines this question in the context of rural public
work program (Yigong-daizhen) in China, and unveils empirical evidence that suggest
that the introduction of Yigong-daizhen projects in fact stimulates outmigration at the
village level, after controlling for village characteristics and project types. By
furthermore accounting for the endogeneity of Yigong-daizhen placement, the impact of
such projects is found to be even larger. These results are consistent with household
migration behavior in the presence of significant cost of migration, and credit market
imperfection.