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100 _aImbert, Clement et al
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245 _aMigrants and firms: Evidence from China
260 _aThe American Economic Review
300 _a112(6), Jun, 2022: p.1885-1914
520 _aHow does rural-urban migration shape urban production in developing countries? We use longitudinal data on Chinese manufacturing firms between 2000 and 2006, and exploit exogenous variation in rural-urban migration induced by agricultural income shocks for identification. We find that, when immigration increases, manufacturing production becomes more labor intensive and productivity declines. We investigate the reorganization of production using patent applications and product information. We show that rural-urban migration induces both labor-oriented technological change and the adoption of labor intensive product varieties. – Reproduced
773 _aThe American Economic Review
906 _aMIGRATION
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