The Impact of Cross-border Migrant Employment on Workers' Income in Border Areas An Empirical Study Based on the Micro Data of Yunnan Border Areas

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10.2991/emle-18.2018.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

border area; cross-border mobile employment; wage level; instrumental variable

Abstract

Based on household survey data of the national social science fund research group in Yunnan border area, this paper examines the marginal effects of cross-border mobile employment on the wage level of workers. We use the census register's household register and whether there is someone going abroad for business or working in the same region as instrument variables to eliminate the endogeneity of cross-border flows which lead to empirical bias. The study found that the cross-border flow of employment increased theirs wages significantly. Even by controlling for factors of age, gender, education, national and income level before the outflow, the result is still significant and robust. The research results have some policy implications for improving the employment level and the income level of the workers in the border areas.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yang Jie
AU  - Luo Renjuan
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - The Impact of Cross-border Migrant Employment on Workers' Income in Border Areas An Empirical Study Based on the Micro Data of Yunnan Border Areas
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 106
EP  - 110
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emle-18.2018.18
DO  - 10.2991/emle-18.2018.18
ID  - Jie2018/12
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