Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281118 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 716 [pre.]
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Previous research on internal mobility has neglected the role of local identity contrary to studies analyzing international migration. Examining social identity and labor market outcomes in China, the country with the largest internal mobility in the world, closes the gap. Instrumental variable estimation and careful robustness checks suggest that identifying as local associates with higher migrants' hourly wages and lower hours worked, although monthly earnings seem to remain largely unchanged. Migrants with strong local identity are more likely to use local networks in job search, and to obtain jobs with higher average wages and lower average hours worked, suggesting the value of integration policies.
Subjects: 
assimilation
social identity
labor market
migration
internal mobility
China's Great Migration
JEL: 
J22
J31
J61
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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