Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China

Taylor, J. Edward; Rozelle, Scott; Brauw, Alan de

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“…Mora and Taylor (2005), Taylor et al (2003), or Adams (2005) all find that years of schooling and other human capital variables have a significant positive impact on the decision to migrate. However, the issue of whether migrants positively or negatively select is controversial.…”

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Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

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Trebesch

2008

Rev. World Econ.

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive emigration shock. Surprisingly, neither children nor marital status appear to influence the decision to leave seasonally or for longer periods. This suggests high social and emotional costs of emigration. We also find that existing local networks of seasonal migrants are unrelated to permanent migration choice. Generally, networks appear to have a stronger influence on migration probabilities in urban settings. JEL no. F22, J61, O15 Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

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2008

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“…The central idea of NELM is that households send out best-suited individuals to gain an income elsewhere. The money migrants remit serves to spread income risks and to increase income and living conditions, and enables them to invest (Stark 1991;Taylor 1999;Taylor, Rozelle, and de Brauw 2003). Although NELM focuses on explaining migration behaviour, we can also derive an alternative interpretation of return migration which challenges conventional hypotheses that postulate a negative association between integration and return migration.…”

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The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

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“…These studies have shown three scenarios in the linkages between labor migration and agricultural output: (1) If there is sufficient surplus labor, remittances from family members working in cities allow rural residents to purchase high-quality seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and other new technology and infrastructure to boost crop yields (Stark and Bloom, 1985;Lucas, 1987;Rozelle et al, 1999;Dustmann and Kirchkamp, 2001;Woodruff and Zenteno, 2001;Brière et al, 2002;Black et al, 2003;Taylor et al, 2003;Taylor and López-Feldman, 2010). (2) In the case of a thin labor market and in the absence of surplus labor, labor withdrawal can reduce the on-farm labor as well as the agricultural output (Lipton, 1980;Clay et al, 1998;Macdonald et al, 2000;Mochebelele and Winter-Nelson, 2000;Holden et al, 2004;Strijker, 2005;Tzanopoulos et al, 2007;Yamada et al, 2007;Beyene, 2008;Brosig et al, 2009;Gray, 2009).…”

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“…Several empirical analyses in China find that participation in labor migration fosters household ability to invest on the farm (Rozelle et al, 1999;Taylor et al, 1999Taylor et al, , 2003De Janvry et al, 2005), and case studies on the plain provinces of China show continuous increase of grain output as well as rapid increase of labor productivity (Hao et al, 2013). However, other case studies find that emigration of agricultural laborers has caused the marginalization of agricultural land, which has resulted in arable land abandonment and decrease in labor intensity, thus posing the additional challenge of ensuring food security (Liu and Li, 2006;Chen et al, 2009a;Tian et al, 2009;Xin and Li, 2009;Tian et al, 2010).…”

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An explanation of labor migration and grain output growth: Findings of a case study in eastern Tibetan Plateau

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Abstract:Although there has been rapid rural-urban migration in rural China since the 1980s, the total grain production of China saw a continuous increase. As of today, the relationship between labor migration and grain output growth remains partial and contradictory. The main aim of this empirical study is to examine some specific measures adopted by peasants to deal with labor shortage and maintain grain output growth. Using tracking survey, participatory rural appraisal methods, and land plot investigation, we investigate 274 households and 1405 arable land plots in four villages in two stages in Jinchuan county, southwestern China. The results show that continuous emigration of labor from the four villages caused the abandonment of a small amount of land, decreased labor intensity, and reduced multiple cropping index, shifting from "corn-wheat" multiple cropping pattern to the "corn" cropping pattern, which means labor shortage in some households. At the same time, owing to surplus labor in the villages, the peasants utilize a series of means to offset the negative impacts of labor migration on grain output, such as cropland transfer, labor exchange in the busy seasons, and the substitution of capital and technology for labor. The econometric analysis also shows that labor migration boosts grain production. This study provides a reasonable explanation of grain output growth under rural-urban migration.

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Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China

Cited by 460 publications

References 27 publications

Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus

The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

An explanation of labor migration and grain output growth: Findings of a case study in eastern Tibetan Plateau

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