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dc.contributor.authorZhu, Yuen
dc.contributor.authorWu, Zhongminen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Meiyanen
dc.contributor.authorDu, Yangen
dc.contributor.authorCai, Fangen
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-21T16:53:06Z-
dc.date.available2011-10-21T16:53:06Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/50602-
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the impact of remittances on the savings behaviour of rural households in China, using a cross-sectional survey. Allowing for endogeneity and left-censoring of remittances, we find that the marginal propensity to save out of remittances is well below half of that out of other sources of incomes. Moreover, we find no evidence of any direct effect of remittances on either capital input or gross output of farm production. These findings are in line with recent studies which conclude that remittances are largely used for consumption purposes by rural Chinese households and there is no link between migration and productive investment.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Kent, School of Economics |cCanterburyen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSchool of Economics Discussion Papers |x09,23en
dc.subject.jelD12en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.jelR23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordrural-urban migrationen
dc.subject.keywordremittancesen
dc.subject.keywordsavingsen
dc.subject.keywordinstrumental-variables estimationen
dc.subject.keywordquantile regressionen
dc.subject.stwLandfluchten
dc.subject.stwRegionale Arbeitsmobilitäten
dc.subject.stwRücküberweisung (Migranten)en
dc.subject.stwInstrumentalvariablen-Schätzmethodeen
dc.subject.stwRegressionen
dc.subject.stwLändlicher Raumen
dc.subject.stwChinaen
dc.titleDo migrants really save more? Understanding the impact of remittances on savings in rural China-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn61423249Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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