Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?

Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?

According to previous studies, the Chinese revised Hukou system has not been proven to be effective in the short-term movement of the rural labor force or in controlling urban populations. In this study, we address and analyze the self-selection problem from the perspective of inflows of short-term...

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Main Authors: Hao Cui, Joonmo Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
the revised <i>hukou</i> system
rural labor force
short-term mobility
policy endogeneity
self-selection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1295
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spelling doaj-45df6bf92c4d4848b1fd4f6c299580e62020-11-25T02:38:23ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502020-02-01124129510.3390/su12041295su12041295Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?Hao Cui0Joonmo Cho1School of Economics and Management, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, ChinaDepartment of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 110745, KoreaAccording to previous studies, the Chinese revised Hukou system has not been proven to be effective in the short-term movement of the rural labor force or in controlling urban populations. In this study, we address and analyze the self-selection problem from the perspective of inflows of short-term migration from the rural labor force and the endogeneity problem in the adoption of the revised <i>Hukou</i> system, based on the data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The study shows that the revised <i>Hukou</i> system adopted by Chinese local governments was significantly efficient and harmed the short-term migration decisions of the rural labor force.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1295the revised <i>hukou</i> systemrural labor forceshort-term mobilitypolicy endogeneityself-selection
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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
Sustainability
the revised <i>hukou</i> system
rural labor force
short-term mobility
policy endogeneity
self-selection
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Joonmo Cho
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title Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
title_short Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
title_full Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
title_fullStr Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
title_full_unstemmed Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?
title_sort does the revised <i>hukou</i> system facilitate or restrain the short-term labor inflows into chinese cities?
publisher MDPI AG
series Sustainability
issn 2071-1050
publishDate 2020-02-01
description According to previous studies, the Chinese revised Hukou system has not been proven to be effective in the short-term movement of the rural labor force or in controlling urban populations. In this study, we address and analyze the self-selection problem from the perspective of inflows of short-term migration from the rural labor force and the endogeneity problem in the adoption of the revised <i>Hukou</i> system, based on the data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The study shows that the revised <i>Hukou</i> system adopted by Chinese local governments was significantly efficient and harmed the short-term migration decisions of the rural labor force.
topic the revised <i>hukou</i> system
rural labor force
short-term mobility
policy endogeneity
self-selection
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