TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cui, Yuling
AU  - Nahm, Daehoon
AU  - Tani, Massimiliano
        TI  - The Determinants of Rural Migrants' Employment Choice in China: Results from a Joint Estimation
        PY  - 2012/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6968
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6968
        AB  - This paper investigates the determinants of employment choice of rural migrant workers across state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and various subtypes of non-state owned enterprises (non-SOEs) by taking into account unobservable characteristics that link the choice to migrate with the choice of employer. Using pooled cross-section data for 1995 and 2002, the results indicate that the choice of employment is positively related to unobserved determinants of migration. This result implies that estimating employment choices without controlling for migration status leads to biased estimates. Most rural migrants appear strongly pulled into non-SOEs because of the higher wages and despite longer working hours. The provision of pension benefits also positively motivates employees' choices.
        KW  - SOEs
KW  - employment choice
KW  - rural migrant workers
KW  - non-SOEs
KW  - China
        ER  -