Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58744 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6189
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are efficient, and 2 out of 8 economic regions are efficient in absorbing migrant workers. In the southern and eastern parts of China, urban labor absorption efficiency is higher compared with the western and northern parts of China. Different urbanization patterns and industrial development strategies should be adopted in different economic areas to enhance labor absorption ability in these areas. Urban areas in many parts of China still have potential to accommodate rural migrant workers. The inter-regional flow of production factors would affect urban labor absorption efficiency.
Subjects: 
rural labor absorption in urban areas
urbanization
industry structure
DEA
JEL: 
J61
R23
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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