1 论文标题

Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: Evidence from Domestic Helpers in Urban China

2 作者信息

Xiaobo He

School of Business, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

The Centre for Global Food and Resources, The University of Adelaide

Fang Xiao

School of Business, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

3 出处Xiaobo He,Fang Xiao. Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: Evidence from Domestic Helpers in Urban China[J]. Front. Econ. China, 2020, 15(4): 521-540.

链接
http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/10.3868/s060-011-020-0022-0
http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/Y2020/V15/I4/521

4 摘要
Abstract: This paper addresses the reactions of domestic helpers to the Wuhan (Hubei Province) lockdown that began on January 23, 2020. We use a novel dataset containing the information of over 40,000 Chinese domestic helpers registered on a leading professional website from November 2019 to June 2020. The results indicate a declining pattern of short-term labor supply of domestic helpers across 11 major Chinese cities, which shows an increase in the expected monthly wage of domestic helpers in these cities. More importantly, using a difference-in-difference (DID) model, this paper provides some evidence on the existence of labor market discrimination against domestic helpers born in Hubei Province due to employers’ fear of infection.

封城的意外后果：来自中国城市家庭帮佣的实证研究

何晓波，肖  芳

摘  要：本文使用包含2019年11月至2020年6月期间在一家主流专业网站上注册的超过40000名中国家庭帮佣信息的崭新数据集，探析家庭帮佣对于2020年1月23日（湖北省）武汉市封城事件的反应。结果显示，在11个中国主要城市里家庭帮佣的短期劳动力供给呈现下降模式，表明家庭帮佣在这些城市的预期月薪有所提高。更为重要的是，本文使用双重差分模型提供了一些证据，表明雇主出于感染疫情的恐惧对鄂籍家庭帮佣存在劳动力市场歧视。

作者简介：

何晓波：上海对外经贸大学国际经贸学院副教授，澳大利亚阿德莱德大学食物与资源中心研究员。研究方向为劳动经济学、发展经济学、应用微观计量经济学。2012年至今发表英文论文共计15篇，其中SSCI论文12篇。2016年荣获“上海市高校青年东方学者”称号。

肖  芳：上海对外经贸大学国际经贸学院产业经济学硕士研究生。