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1 Educational Choice, Rural-Urban Migration and Economic Development Pei-Ju Liao Academia Sinica Ping Wang Wash U in STL & NBER Yin-Chi Wang Chinese U of HK Chong Kee Yip Chinese U of HK July 11, 2018 GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan 1 / 37
2 Motivation Structural transformation from traditional agricultural societies to modern economies is usually accompanied by rural-urban migration Since Todaro (1969) and Harris and Todaro (1970), most studies focus on the work-based channel Lucas (2004) as an exception: accumulating human capital while working in cities However, rural-urban migration could be due to educational purpose, i.e. migration could happen prior to the participation in the labor market Cities provide education of better quality Higher (tertiary) education is (only) provided in cities The education-based migration channel has been overlooked in the literature 2 / 37
3 What we do Construct a general dynamic equilibrium model of intergenerational migration decision based on education: 3 / 37
4 What we do Construct a general dynamic equilibrium model of intergenerational migration decision based on education: Urban area as a place for higher education 3 / 37
5 What we do Construct a general dynamic equilibrium model of intergenerational migration decision based on education: Urban area as a place for higher education Urban sector hires both high- and low-skilled workers, while human capital is useless in rural sector 3 / 37
6 What we do Construct a general dynamic equilibrium model of intergenerational migration decision based on education: Urban area as a place for higher education Urban sector hires both high- and low-skilled workers, while human capital is useless in rural sector College admission selectivity, intergenerational mobility and work-based migration are all considered in the model 3 / 37
7 What we do Construct a general dynamic equilibrium model of intergenerational migration decision based on education: Urban area as a place for higher education Urban sector hires both high- and low-skilled workers, while human capital is useless in rural sector College admission selectivity, intergenerational mobility and exogenous work-based migration in the model Apply the model to study the case of China 3 / 37
8 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): 4 / 37
9 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): Higher education (zhaosheng) as a formal channel for rural-urban migration (versus the work-based migration via zhaogong or zhaogan) 4 / 37
10 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): Higher education (zhaosheng) as a formal channel for rural-urban migration (versus the work-based migration via zhaogong or zhaogan) Heckman (1976) & Rosen (1976): Education improves e cacy of on-the-job learning 4 / 37
11 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): Higher education (zhaosheng) as a formal channel for rural-urban migration (versus the work-based migration via zhaogong or zhaogan) Heckman (1976) & Rosen (1976): Education improves e cacy of on-the-job learning Guaranteed jobs under the Government Job Assignment scheme (GJA) before 1994 (abolished afterward) 4 / 37
12 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): Higher education (zhaosheng) as a formal channel for rural-urban migration (versus the work-based migration via zhaogong or zhaogan) Heckman (1976) & Rosen (1976): Education improves e cacy of on-the-job learning Guaranteed jobs under the Government Job Assignment scheme (GJA) before 1994 (abolished afterward) Increases in urban tertiary education employment shares: From less than 3% in 1980 to more than 14% in / 37
13 Why China Rapid economic growth and relatively moderate urbanization under strict internal migration control (hukou system): Higher education (zhaosheng) as a formal channel for rural-urban migration (versus the work-based migration via zhaogong or zhaogan) Heckman (1976) & Rosen (1976): Education improves e cacy of on-the-job learning Guaranteed jobs under the Government Job Assignment scheme (GJA) before 1994 (abolished afterward) Increases in urban tertiary education employment shares: From less than 3% in 1980 to more than 14% in 2007 With rural-urban migration more work- than education-based, is it possible for the latter channel to still play a key role? 4 / 37
14 Percentage Percentage Urbanization and rural-urban migration in China Urban value added share Urbanization rate (A) URBANIZATION RATES AND URBAN OUTPUT SHARES migration outflow / rural stock Year (B) MIGRATION OUTFLOWS Source: Urbanization rates: Authors computed based on data from China Statistical Yearbook. Urbanization rate is de ned as urban population share. Urban output share: Authors computed based on Bai and Qian (2010), excluding agricultural sector. 5 / 37
15 Migration by reason - percentage Reasons of Total Job Job Work or Study or Others Migration Transfer Assignment Business Training % 29.57% 8.04% 3.08% 11.26% 48.05% % 5.32% 3.76% 33.55% 6.84% 50.53% Average % 17.44% 5.90% 18.32% 9.05% 49.29% Note: Others include to relative and friend", retired or resigned" (1985 data only), moved with family", marriage", pull down and move" (2000 data only), and other reasons". Source: 10 Percent Sampling Tabulation on the 1990 Population Census of the People s Republic of China for the data of 1985; Tabulation on the 2000 Population Census of the People s Republic of China for persons 6 / 37
16 Related Literature Classics work by Todaro (1969) and Harris-Todaro (1970), and later Glomm (1992) and Lucas (2004) The decision of rural-urban work-based migration in China Theory and calibration: Hu (2002), Whalley and Zhang (2007), Hertel and Zhai (2006), Bond, Riezman and Wang (2015), Garriga, Tang and Wang (2014), Tombe and Zhu (2015) Institutions: Wu and Treiman (2004), Li, Li, Wu and Xiong (2012). 7 / 37
17 Environment Two geographical regions: 8 / 37
18 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) 8 / 37
19 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) 8 / 37
20 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: 8 / 37
21 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area 8 / 37
22 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area 8 / 37
23 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area Generation index: (i, j, k) for parents, children, and grandchildren 8 / 37
24 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area Generation index: (i, j, k) for parents, children, and grandchildren Each parent has one child 8 / 37
25 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area Generation index: (i, j, k) for parents, children, and grandchildren Each parent has one child Labor is inelastically supplied 8 / 37
26 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area Generation index: (i, j, k) for parents, children, and grandchildren Each parent has one child Labor is inelastically supplied Talent distribution for children is z j G z j 8 / 37
27 Environment Two geographical regions: Rural area (R) Urban area (U) Three types of jobs: Backyard farmers (N R ) in rural area High-skilled workers (N H ) and low-skilled workers (N L ) in urban area Generation index: (i, j, k) for parents, children, and grandchildren Each parent has one child Labor is inelastically supplied Talent distribution for children is z j G z j Probability of intergenerational mobility: δ jk, where j, k 2 fh, Lg 8 / 37
28 Timeline 9 / 37
29 Timeline 10 / 37
30 Timeline 11 / 37
31 Rural household s problem 1 Rural parents problem: I j = arg maxfω i I j ji i = 0, I k, x j = u c i +βe X u c j g s.t. c i +I j (x j +σ e ) + φ i = w R c i : parent s consumption in adulthood c j : children s consumption σ e : education-based migration cost x j 1/az j +b: cost of college education a: admission selectivity b: expenses associated with college education φ i : child-rearing cost 12 / 37
32 Rural household s problem 2 Children s income and budget constraint in adulthood: W j =I j [γ H w H h + γ L w L + (1 γ H γ L ) w R ] + 1 I j [(1 π) w R +π (w L σ w )] h c j +I k I j (1-γ H -γ L ) + 1 I j i (1 π) x k +σ e +φ k = W j where σ w is work-based migration cost Discrete choice problem (the indi erence boundary condition): There exists a threshold talent ẑ j s.t. i ẑ j Ω i I j =1jI i =0, I k, ẑ j Ω i I j =0jI i =0, I k, ẑ j =0. Parents will send their children to urban area if z j ẑ j ; vice versa. 13 / 37
33 Production Production in urban area (non-homothetic CES) Production in rural area: Wedge τ 2 ( workers: Y U = AF[(N H + ψ)h, N L ], ψ > 0. Y R = BN R. 1, ) facing by urban rms when hiring high skilled Maurer-Fazio (1999): skilled labor wage in China was depressed due to the planned economy system In equilibrium, (e ective) wage rates (w H, w L, and w R ) are equal to the wedge-adjusted marginal product of labor. 14 / 37
34 Population ows 15 / 37
35 Population ows 16 / 37
36 Population ows evolution of workers zhaosheng and work-based ow 17 / 37
37 Labor Market Clearing and Population Identity Labor market clearing: Population identity: N dt H = N t H N dt L = N t L N dt R = N t R N t H + N t L + N t R = N. 18 / 37
38 E ects of Migration and Labor-Market Property E ects of Migration i I k, x j = u w R x j σ φ i u w R φ i {z } direct consumption e ect +βe X fu(c j U ) u(cj R {z )g. } intergenerational e ect De ne n (N H +ψ)h/n L and n s s.t. w H (n s )h/w L (n s )=1 (no skill premium) Assumption 1 γ H +γ L > π (prob. of securing an urban job for a college graduate cannot be too low) Condition S (su ciency) w H (n s )h = /w L (n s ) > B + σ w (any urban job pays better than rural job) gure 19 / 37
39 Comparative Statics Under assumption 1 and condition S: 1 When the positive intergenerational e ect of migration dominates the negative direct consumption e ect, parents will send their children to cities to attend college. 2 More parents will be willing to send their children to urban areas to attend college when the chance for low-skilled migration is lower (two migration channels are substitutes). 20 / 37
40 Equilibrium De nition 1 (Dynamic Competitive Equilibrium) A dynamic competitive spatial equilibrium (DCSE) of the model consists of consumption, output levels and wage rates such that 1 given the wages, households maximize utility by choosing whether to send children to urban area or not; 2 all three labor markets clear; 3 the population laws of motion of N R, N H and N L hold. 21 / 37
41 Quantitative Analysis Calibration: Two-regime calibration (pre-1994: ; post-1995: ) and dynamics (relative TPF, wedges τ and ẑ based on annual urban & skill premium and zhaosheng ow) Main data used: urban employment rate, urban & skill premium, migration costs,, rural income etc., taken from UHS, CHIPS, NBS, etc. Decomposition analysis (based on dynamics): Decompose the e ects of education- and work-based migration on output per capita, urban output and employment shares, and skill share and skill premium Factor decomposition: TFP, human capital, admission selectivity, migration costs, etc. Policy experiments on GJA and work-based migration 22 / 37
42 Calibration Utility function: u(c) = c1 ε 1 1 ε Talents follow Pareto: G(z j ) = 1 (z min /z j ) θ with z min =1 Urban production function: Y U = A α [(N H +ψ)h] ρ +(1 α)n ρ L 1/ρ, α 2 (0, 1), ρ < 1 Intergenerational mobility: δ HH =1, δ LH =(1 δ LL )>0, δ HL =0 Assume no population growth (total population is normalized to one) 23 / 37
43 Calibration Result Values Values of targets Pre-1994 Post-1995 Target Pre-1994 Post-1995 Explanations Preset δ HH 1 1 Preset γ L Preset Calibrated: Regime-common α Y U /Y Match urban output shares ψ Y U /Y Match urban output shares Calibrated: Regime-speci c γ Urban employment rate, CHIPS 1995, 2002, 2008 γ H γ H = γ γ L π Work-based migration ow/rural population δ LL N H /N L Match high-low skill labor ratio B y R Rural per capita income y R =1 h Mincerian rate of return A w L /w R Match urban premium τ w H h/w R Match skill premium ẑ % % Match average zhaosheng ow σ e % of rural household income, He and Dong (2007) σ w % of rural household income, CHIPS 2002 a Solve from the indi erence boundary condition b % of rural household income, UHS 2007 and 2008 *Note: α, ψ, A and τ are solved together. calibration: all results TFP 24 / 37
44 Model vs. Data simulation: benchmark model 25 / 37
45 Decomposition: Education- vs. Work-based High-skilled Period Total output Urban Urban employment Skill Zhaosheng per capita output employment share premium Y/N Y U /Y (N H + N L )/N N H /(N H + N L ) (w H h/w L ) Whole: % 1.9% 2.8% 30.8% -3.1% Regime 1: % 1.0% 1.1% 30.6% -1.2% Regime 2: % 2.8% 4.2% 30.8% -4.7% Work-based migration Whole: % 3.3% 19.9% -21.7% 7.2% Regime 1: % 1.7% 9.7% -11.5% 3.5% Regime 2: % 4.8% 28.1% -24.5% 10.2% Interactive migration Whole: % 0.4% 0.2% 11.0% 0.1% Regime 1: % 0.0% 0.0% 4.4% 0.1% Regime 2: % 0.7% 0.4% 12.8% 0.2% Non-migration factors Whole: % 94.4% 77.1% 79.9% 95.8% Regime 1: % 97.3% 89.2% 76.5% 97.6% Regime 2: % 91.8% 67.2% 80.8% 94.3% 26 / 37
46 Factor Decomposition Unit: Percentage change High-skilled Factors Total output Urban Urban employment Skill per capita output employment share premium Y/N Y U /Y (N H +N L )/N N H /(N H +N L ) (w H h/w L ) Abolishment of the GJA (lower γ H ) -0.9% -0.2% -0.4% -2.9% 0.4% Better work-based job opportunities (higher π) 1.5% 1.2% 8.2% -7.3% 2.9% * in the education-based migration cost (higher σ e) -0.3% -0.1% -0.1% -0.8% 0.1% * in the work-based migration cost (higher σ w) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -0.0% * in urban and rural TFP 52.9% 1.8% 1.0% 5.5% -0.8% An improvement in human capital (higher h) 10.8% 3.0% 0.3% 2.1% 9.8% * in the child-rearing cost (higher φ) -1.1% -0.3% -0.5% -3.2% 0.5% Lower market distortion (lower τ) 1.2% 0.3% 0.6% 3.5% 21.4% Better intergenerational mobility (lower δ LL ) 12.3% 3.2% -0.0% 49.3% -9.9% Rising admission selectivity (lower a) -24.8% -4.9% -12.4% -64.2% 8.5% An increase in college tuition (higher b) -2.0% -0.5% -1.0% -6.1% 0.9% 27 / 37
47 Policy Experiments Unit: Percentage change High-skilled Period Total output Urban Urban employment Skill per capita output employment share premium Y/N Y U /Y (N H + N L )/N N H /(N H + N L ) (w H h/w L ) No GJA in regime 1 Whole: % -0.4% -0.5% -7.0% 0.7% Regime 1: % -0.3% -0.3% -10.0% 0.4% Regime 2: % -0.5% -0.7% -6.1% 0.9% Better job oppertunities in regime 1: π 1 = π 2 Whole: % 2.5% 14.4% -6.6% 4.2% Regime 1: % 2.2% 12.5% -11.1% 4.1% Regime 2: % 2.7% 16.0% -5.4% 4.2% 28 / 37
48 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for about 11% of per capita output throughout / 37
49 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for nearly 11% of per capita output throughout E ect of education-based migration is bigger (6.3% vs. 4.5%) 29 / 37
50 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for nearly 11% of per capita output throughout E ect of education-based migration is bigger (6.3% vs. 4.5%) TFP growth and the improvement of human capital contribute the most to the changes in output per capita 29 / 37
51 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for nearly 11% of per capita output throughout E ect of education-based migration is bigger (6.3% vs. 4.5%) TFP growth and the improvement of human capital contribute the most to the changes in output per capita The abolishment of GJA and the relaxation of work-based migration only have limited impact 29 / 37
52 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for nearly 11% of per capita output throughout E ect of education-based migration is bigger (6.3% vs. 4.5%) TFP growth and the improvement of human capital contribute the most to the changes in output per capita The abolishment of GJA and the relaxation of work-based migration only have limited impact The more selective college admission for rural students plays a signi cantly negative role in the development of China, lowering the high-skilled employment share and o seting the skill-enhanced development process in China 29 / 37
53 Main Takeaways Rural-urban migration has an important contribution to the development of China, accounting for nearly 11% of per capita output throughout E ect of education-based migration is bigger (6.3% vs. 4.5%) TFP growth and the improvement of human capital contribute the most to the changes in output per capita The abolishment of GJA and the relaxation of work-based migration only have limited impact The more selective college admission for rural students plays a signi cantly negative role in the development of China, lowering the high-skilled employment share and o sets the skill-enhanced development process in China Equal opportunity education policy can be rewarding 29 / 37
54 Migration reasons - persons Reasons of Total Job Job Work or Study or Others Migration Transfer Assignment Business Training Unit: person percentage 30 / 37
55 Children s income and budget constraint Children s income in adulthood: W j = I j [γ H w H h + γ L w L + (1 γ H γ L ) w R ] + 1 I j [(1 π) w R +π (w L σ)] Children s budget constraint: h c j +I k I j (1-γ H -γ L ) + 1 I j i (1 π) x k +σ +φ k = W j. rural household problem 31 / 37
56 Evolution of workers 1 Given the initial labor force (NR 0, N0 H, N0 L ), population (NR t, Nt H, Nt L ) evolves according to the following transition rule: Z NH t+1 = δ HH NH t + δ LH NL t + NR t N t+1 L = δ HL NH t + δ LL NL t h Z Z I j γ L dg(z j ) + N t+1 +N t R I j γ H dg(z j ) i (1 I j )πdg(z j ) R = (1 δ HH δ HL )NH t + (1 δ LH δ LL )NL t ( R ) I +NR t j (1 γ H γ L )dg(z j ) + R (1 I j )(1 π)dg(z j. ) population ows 32 / 37
57 Evolution of Workers 2 Flows of population via zhaosheng and work-based migration are Z ÑE t = NR t I j (γ H + γ L ) dg(z j ) Z ÑW t = Nt R 1 I j πdg(z j ). population ows 33 / 37
58 Urban wages versus rural wage labor-market-property 34 / 37
59 Urban and rural TFP Calibrated series: TFP 16 Urban TFP Rural TFP Year calibration result 35 / 37
60 Benchmark Model High-skilled Period Total output Urban Urban employment Skill per capita output employment share premium Y/N Y U /Y (N H + N L )/N N H /(N H + N L ) (w H h/w L ) Whole: Regime 1: Regime 2: Model vs. Data 36 / 37
61 calibration 37 / 37
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