de Brauw, AlanGiles, John2012-05-292012-05-292008-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6493In this paper, the authors examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in China. The authors find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption per capita both increase with out-migration, and increase more for poorer households. The authors also establish a causal relationship between increased out-migration and investment in housing and durable goods assets, and these effects are also stronger for poorer households. The authors do not find robust evidence, however, to support a connection between increased migration and investment in productive activity. Instead, increased migration is associated with two significant changes for poorer households: increases both in the total labor supplied to productive activities and in the land per capita managed by the household. In examining the effect of migration, we pay considerable attention to developing and examining our identification strategy.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORSAGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RESOURCESALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYASSET OWNERSHIPBANKRUPTCYBANKSBONDBORROWINGCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL REQUIREMENTSCAPITAL STOCKCITIZENSHIPCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ECONOMICSCONSUMER DURABLESCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION LEVELSCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCREDIT CONSTRAINTCREDIT CONSTRAINTSCULTURAL CHANGEDEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDISPLACED WORKERSDIVERSIFICATIONDUMMY VARIABLEDUMMY VARIABLESDURABLEDURABLE GOODSEARNINGSECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMETRIC MODELSECONOMETRICSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC OUTCOMESECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC REFORMECONOMICS RESEARCHEDUCATION LEVELEMPLOYERSENDOWMENTSENTREPRENEURSEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPROPRIATIONEXTENDED FAMILYFAMILIESFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY LABORFAMILY MEMBERSFARMERSFINANCIAL ASSETSGENDERGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENTGRAIN PRODUCTIONHOME COUNTRIESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WEALTHHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIDIDSIMPACT OF MIGRATIONINCOME EFFECTINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME SHOCKSINDUSTRIALIZATIONINEQUALITYINFORMAL LOANSINSTRUMENTINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINVESTINGINVESTMENT BEHAVIORINVESTMENT DECISIONSLABOR DEMANDLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKETSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOR MOBILITYLABOR SUPPLYLABORERSLABOURLABOUR MARKETSLAND HOLDINGSLAND POLICYLAND TENURELEVELS OF CONSUMPTIONLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOTTERYMACROECONOMIC SHOCKSMARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUMEMARKET PRICEMARKET RETURNSMICROENTERPRISESMIGRANTMIGRANT FAMILYMIGRANT LABORMIGRANT REMITTANCESMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMOBILITY OF LABORNEGATIVE SHOCKSNORMAL GOODNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNUTRITIONPERMANENT INCOMEPHYSICAL ASSETSPHYSICAL CAPITALPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION CENSUSPOSITIVE COEFFICIENTPOTENTIAL MIGRANTSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC SERVICESRATE OF GROWTHRECEIPTREGISTRATION SYSTEMREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRENTSREPATRIATIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRETURNRETURN MIGRATIONRETURNSRISK POOLINGRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL COUNTIESRURAL LABORRURAL RESIDENTSSAVINGSSELF-EMPLOYMENTSHORT-TERM MIGRANTSSMALLER HOUSEHOLDSSOCIAL NETWORKSOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL SCIENCESSTATE UNIVERSITYSTOCKSSUBSTITUTION EFFECTTAXTAX RATETAXATIONTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSITION ECONOMYUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONUSE VALUEVALUATIONVALUE OF ASSETSVILLAGEVILLAGESVULNERABILITYWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGESWEALTHWEALTH EFFECTWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4585