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1 论文标题
Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
2 作者信息
Alpaslan Akay Olivier Bargain Klaus F. Zimmermann
3 出处和链接
IZA DP 5480, 2011 http://ftp.iza.org/dp5480.pdf
本文即将发表：Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81, 421-441
4 摘要
As their environment changes, migrants constitute an interesting group to study the effect of relative income on subjective well-being. This paper focuses on the huge population of ruralto-urban migrants in China. Using a novel dataset, we find that the well-being of migrants depends on several reference groups: it is negatively affected by the income of other migrants and workers of home regions; in contrast, we identify a positive, ‘signal’ effect vis-à-vis urban workers: larger urban incomes indicate higher income prospects for the migrants. These effects are particularly strong for migrants who wish to settle permanently, decline with years since migrations and change with other characteristics including work conditions and community ties.
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