Kunrong Shen, Jixiang Yu, Jian Li
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a School of Economics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
b Economy and Trade Department, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang 233100, China
c School of Economics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
E-mail: shenkr@nju.edu.cn (Kunrong Shen), yvjx@163.com (Jixiang Yu), lijiansid@gmail.com (Jian Li)
Previous literature omitted marketization process, a distinct phenomenon in transitional China, when the relationship between immigrants and indigenous urban income is investigated. We find that (1) marketization is a key factor of rural-urban harmonization; (2) segmentation of labor market has no real effect on urban income change since it may be evaded partly by rural labor; (3) the key determinants of urban income change are the cross effect between marketization and mobility, openness, and government spending; and (4) the marginal effect of immigrants is positive in some regions although it is averagely negative during the sample period. Rural-urban harmonization is totally possible if marketization process continues.
labor mobility , urban income , marketization , segmentation , ruralurban harmonization
Kunrong Shen, Jixiang Yu, Jian Li. Labor Mobility, Marketization and Urban Income Change: Potential Rural-Urban Harmonization or Not. Front Econ Chin, 2011, 6(3): 447‒463 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11459-011-0141-5
