THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES ON RURAL INCOMES IN CHINA

New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) theory posits a complex relationship between migrants and household income generation. This paper uses NELM and original survey data to examine the impacts of migration on income sources in Northeast China. Migration is found to increase farm incomes but decrease self-employed incomes.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	de Brauw, Alan ; Taylor, J. Edward ; Rozelle, Scott
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	migration \| remittances \| China \| self-employment \| income sources \| Consumer/Household Economics \| Labor and Human Capital

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN Number 21656
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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