讲座主题：Migrants and Firms:Evidence from China

主讲嘉宾：张轶凡，香港中文大学经济系副教授

讲座时间：2019年4月19日（周五），上午9:30-11:00

讲座地点：沙河校区主教406

嘉宾简介：张轶凡，香港中文大学经济系副教授。中国人民大学经济学学士、硕士，美国匹兹堡大学经济学博士，并在美国耶鲁大学从事博士后研究。兼任世界银行、亚洲开发银行咨询顾问和美国康奈尔大学中国经济研究中心研究员。研究兴趣包括国际贸易、产业组织和发展经济学等。研究成果发表于American EconomicReview, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics等国际知名期刊。

内容摘要：Thispaper estimates the causal effect of rural migration on urban production inChina. Using a panel of Chinese manufacturing firms, we exploit exogenousvariation in rural-urban migration due to agricultural price shocks. We findthat following a migrant inflow, labor costs decline and employment expands.Labor productivity decreases sharply and remains low in the medium run. Aquantitative framework suggests that migration mostly benefits low-productivityfirms within locations. As migrants select into high-productivity destinations,migration however strongly contributes to the equalization of factorproductivity across locations.

本讲座获得2019年37000cm威尼斯国合处引智项目资助。