A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China

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	A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China
	Whalley, John ; Zhang, Shunming ; Zhang SM(张顺明)
刊名	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.003
	2007-07
关键词	REGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY POLICY IMPLICATIONS URBAN DECOMPOSITION PATTERNS GROWTH
英文摘要	We use numerical simulation methods to analyze the Hukou system of permanent registration in China which many believe has supported growing relative inequality over the last 20 years by restraining labour migration both between the countryside and urban areas and between regions and cities. Our aim is to inject economic modelling into the debate on sources of inequality in China which thus far has been largely statistical. We first use a model with homogeneous labour in which wage inequality across various geographical divides in China is supported solely by quantity based migration restrictions (urban-rural areas, rich-poor regions, eastern-central and western (non-coastal) zones, eastern and central-western development zones, eastern-central-western zones, more disaggregated 6 regional classifications, and an all 31 provincial classification). We calibrate this model to base case data and when we remove migration restrictions all wage and most income inequality disappears. Results from this model structure points to a significant role for Hukou restrictions in supporting inequality in China. We then present a further model extension in which urban house price rises retard rural-urban migration. The impacts of removing Hukou restrictions on migration are smaller, but are still significant. Finally, we modify the model to capture labour productivity differences across regions, calibrating the modified model to estimates of both national and regional Gini coefficients. Removal of migration barriers is again inequality improving but less so. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
语种	英语
出版者	J DEV ECON
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/90081]
专题	经济学院－已发表论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Whalley, John,Zhang, Shunming,Zhang SM. A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China[J]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.003,2007.
APA	Whalley, John,Zhang, Shunming,&张顺明.(2007).A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.003.
MLA	Whalley, John,et al."A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China".http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.08.003 (2007).