1 论文标题
Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
2 作者信息
Jason Gagnon，Theodora Xenogiani，Chunbing Xing
3 出处和链接
http://ftp.iza.org/dp6268.pdf IZA Discussion Paper No. 6268，December 2011
4 摘要
The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to
the welfare of migrant workers, particularly to their working conditions and pay. This paper
uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census survey to investigate
discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their earnings
and the sector (formal vs. informal) they work in with those of urban residents and urban
migrants. Exploiting differences in their status in the Chinese residential registration system
(hukou) we find no earnings discrimination against rural migrants compared with urban
residents, contrary to popular belief. In contrast, we find that urban migrants in fact gain a
large wage premium by migrating. However, both rural and urban migrants are found to be
discriminated out of the formal sector, working in informal jobs and lacking adequate social
protection