Impact of city size on self-employment behavior: Evidence from Chinese migrants

IF 2.9 3区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI:10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101802
Haoyu Hu , Wei Wang , Ge Xin , Fangjin Ye
{"title":"Impact of city size on self-employment behavior: Evidence from Chinese migrants","authors":"Haoyu Hu ,&nbsp;Wei Wang ,&nbsp;Ge Xin ,&nbsp;Fangjin Ye","doi":"10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101802","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Self-employment is an important approach for migrants to gain a foothold in cities and improve their economic and social welfare. This study investigates the relationship between city size and migrants’ self-employment behavior using data from the 2011–2018 CMDS and macro-statistical sources. We find that in the Chinese context, larger cities correlate with an increased likelihood of migrants engaging in self-employment. These results persist under various methodological checks, including alternative estimation methods, sample screening techniques, and addressing concerns about endogeneity. Market potential and diversified agglomeration emerge as important channels through which larger cities encourage migrants’ decisions to pursue self-employment. Moreover, the positive impact of larger cities is more pronounced among rural-to-urban migrants and own-account workers compared to urban-to-urban migrants and employers. This paper provides insights into high-quality development and migrant management strategies in large cities in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47583,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Economics","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101802"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Asian Economics","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049007824000976","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Self-employment is an important approach for migrants to gain a foothold in cities and improve their economic and social welfare. This study investigates the relationship between city size and migrants’ self-employment behavior using data from the 2011–2018 CMDS and macro-statistical sources. We find that in the Chinese context, larger cities correlate with an increased likelihood of migrants engaging in self-employment. These results persist under various methodological checks, including alternative estimation methods, sample screening techniques, and addressing concerns about endogeneity. Market potential and diversified agglomeration emerge as important channels through which larger cities encourage migrants’ decisions to pursue self-employment. Moreover, the positive impact of larger cities is more pronounced among rural-to-urban migrants and own-account workers compared to urban-to-urban migrants and employers. This paper provides insights into high-quality development and migrant management strategies in large cities in China.
查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
城市规模对自雇行为的影响:来自中国移民的证据
自主创业是流动人口立足城市、改善经济和社会福利的重要途径。本研究利用2011-2018年CMDS数据和宏观统计资料,研究了城市规模与流动人口自主创业行为之间的关系。我们发现,在中国,城市规模越大,流动人口从事个体经营的可能性就越大。这些结果在各种方法学检验下都能得到证实,包括替代估算方法、样本筛选技术以及解决内生性问题。市场潜力和多元化集聚是大城市鼓励移民决定从事自营职业的重要渠道。此外,与从城市到城市的移民和雇主相比,大城市对从农村到城市的移民和自营职业者的积极影响更为明显。本文为中国大城市的高质量发展和移民管理策略提供了启示。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
9.40%
发文量
90
期刊介绍: The Journal of Asian Economics provides a forum for publication of increasingly growing research in Asian economic studies and a unique forum for continental Asian economic studies with focus on (i) special studies in adaptive innovation paradigms in Asian economic regimes, (ii) studies relative to unique dimensions of Asian economic development paradigm, as they are investigated by researchers, (iii) comparative studies of development paradigms in other developing continents, Latin America and Africa, (iv) the emerging new pattern of comparative advantages between Asian countries and the United States and North America.
期刊最新文献
Off-farm employment, farmland transfer and agricultural investment behavior: A study of joint decision-making among North China Plain farmers A tale of two markets—would housing appreciation prompt insurance participation? Evidence from China’s urban elderly Transport development performance with hazard-inducing variables: A frontier-based shadow pricing approach From ancient philosophy to modern governance: Confucian culture shaping low-carbon corporate transformation in China’s listed companies Flattening of government hierarchies and growth of farmers’ income
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1