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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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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Hao Cui Joonmo Cho 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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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities? |
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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities? |
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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities? |
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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities? |
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Does the Revised <i>Hukou</i> System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities? |
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does the revised <i>hukou</i> system facilitate or restrain the short-term labor inflows into chinese cities? |
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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. |
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the revised <i>hukou</i> system rural labor force short-term mobility policy endogeneity self-selection |
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