Replication data for: Trade, Migration, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis of China

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Trevor Tombe; Xiaodong Zhu

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Project Citation: 

Tombe, Trevor, and Zhu, Xiaodong. Replication data for: Trade, Migration, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis of China. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113071V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study how goods- and labor-market frictions affect aggregate labor productivity in China. Combining unique data with a general equilibrium model of internal and international trade, and migration across regions and sectors, we quantify the magnitude and consequences of trade and migration costs. The costs were high in 2000, but declined afterward. The decline accounts for 36 percent of the aggregate labor productivity growth between 2000 and 2005. Reductions in internal trade and migration costs are more important than reductions in external trade costs. Despite the decline, migration costs are still high and potential gains from further reform are large.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Aggregate data; Census data
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      P23 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
      P25 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
      R12 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage China
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2000 – 2005
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; aggregate data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Province, Sectors, Year,

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