THE RISE OF RURAL-TO-RURAL LABOR MARKETS IN CHINA



Table 6. Demand for Commuters and Migrants in Rural Industry

Dependent Variable:

Percent of Incoming Workers among
Workers in Village Enterprises

Percent of Commuters among
Workers in Village Enterprises

Percent of Migrants among Workers
________
in Village Enterprises_______

_______1988

_______1995

_______1988

_______1995

_______1988

_______1995_______

OLS

Tobit

OLS

Tobit

OLS

Tobit

OLS

Tobit

OLS

Tobit

OLS

Tobit

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Costs

Local Labor Costa

(1)

0.013
(0.42)

0.007
(0.14)

0.013
(1.16)

0.013
(1.02)

-0.0005
(0.02)

-0.03

(0.48)

-0.002
(-0.20)

-0.009
(0.61)

0.01
(0.52)

0.06
(0.59)

0.15*
(2.04)

0.015
(1.27)

Lagged Dependent
Variable

(2)

-

-

28.5
(2.91)

32.0
(3.02)

-

-

31.9***
(2.95)

38.8**
(2.90)

-

-

49.8***
(5.71)

69.0***
(5.10)

Industry Featuresb

Private Enterprise

(3)

17.9**
(2.21)

29.9**
(2.22)

4.3
(0.55)

5.2
(0.61)

3.9
(0.63)

10.6
(0.75)

7.5
(1.14)

6.0
(0.70)

13.9*
(2.02)

70.3**
(2.47)

-4.19
(-0.82)

-4.7
(0.55)

Light Industry

(4)

27.6***
(3.06)

50.5***
(3.68)

13.8*
(1.87)

19.8**
(2.44)

29.2***
(4.19)

60.4***
(4.10)

11.4*
(1.83)

19.8**
(2.47)

-1.6
(0.21)

3.0
(0.13)

1.66
(0.35)

12.3
(1.49)

Village Features

Size of Labor Force(5)

-0.03**

(2.24)

-0.05*
(2.09)

-0.01

(1.06)

-0.01
(-0.86)

-0.001
(1.09)

-0.02

(0.81)

-0.02**
(2.40)

-0.03**
(2.59)

-0.02

(1.65)

-0.05

(1.18)

0.012*
(1.69)

0.02*
(1.90)

Size of Arable

(6)

0.01*

0.02**

0.0002

-0.001

0.01**

0.02**

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.005

-0.003

-0.004

Land

(2.08)

(2.39)

(0.05)

(0.21)

(2.21)

(2.50)

(0.80)

(0.46)

(0.43)

(0.39)

(1.09)

(0.95)

F-Stat on

(7)

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.72

1.9*

1.9*

3.2***

3.1***

1.3

0.8

4.8***

4.3***

Provincial
Dummies

Adj. R-Squared

(8)

0.38

-

0.24

-

0.41

-

0.36

-

0.23

-

0.43

-

Absolute value of t-stats in parenthesis; *, **, *** indicate significance at 10, 5 and 1 percent respectively

a The wage male workers commuting out of the village receive. Female and male workers’ wages are highly correlated so cannot be used together. This wage is also not
simultaneously determined with village enterprise hiring decisions since it is observed outside the village.

b Dummy variable for whether the village has a private enterprise or a light industrial enterprise

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