Migration and land rental as responses to income shocks in rural China

Using longitudinal household survey data from rural China and an identification strategy based on observed rainfall realizations, we are able to test household responses to idiosyncratic and covariate income shocks. We find that negative idiosyncratic income shocks increase migration and elicit hous...

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Autores principales: Ward, Patrick S., Shively, Gerald E.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149864

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