| Can grain subsidies impede rural–urban migration in hinterland China? Evidence from field surveys |
| Lei Meng |
| WISE |
| 2012/9/25 22:22:26 |
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| Abstract： |
| In this paper I examine if China's grain subsidy program keeps farmers from engaging in migratory work using self-collected panel rural household survey data from Zhijiang, Hubei province. Making use of Zhijiang's unique geographical features, I construct a treatment and a control group and use a difference-in-differences methodology to identify the subsidy effect on migration. My results suggest that the grain subsidy policy does keep farmers at the rural origin. |
| Keyword： |
| Migration, Agricultural subsidy, Rural China |
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