Schooling returns for migrant workers in China: Estimations from the perspective of the institutional environment in a rural setting

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Schooling returns for migrant workers in China: Estimations from the perspective of the institutional environment in a rural setting

We examine schooling returns for migrant workers in China based on the 2009 Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey. Using a novel instrumental variable (IV) set based on the institutional environment unique to rural China, we find the point estimates of returns to lie within the range of 7.8%...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Yao, Y., Chen, G., Salim, Ruhul, Yu, X.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2017
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62979

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