Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages

This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications-- in particular, landline phones -- increases the likelihood of outmigration. By using regional and time variations in the installat...

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Main Authors:	Lu, Yi, Xie, Huihua, Xu, Lixin Colin
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JOB ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AUTONOMY BANKS BULLETIN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CABLE TELEVISION CAPITAL FLOW CELLULAR PHONE CELLULAR PHONES CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATION LEVELS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FOOD SHORTAGE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN POPULATION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT WORKERS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INEQUALITY INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOUR MARKET LARGE CITIES LIFE PROSPECTS MANUFACTURING MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MEDIA MEDICINE MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL PRIORITY NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPEN ACCESS PEOPLES PHONE CONNECTION PHONES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION QUALITY OF LIFE REGISTRATION SYSTEM REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETURN MIGRATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES SERVICE QUALITY SEX SEX RATIO SITES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY SPILLOVER TELECOM TELECOM COMPANIES TELECOM SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONES TELEVISIONS TOWNS TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USERS USES VILLAGE VILLAGES VIRTUAL COMMUNITY WEB YOUNG CHILDREN
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spelling	okr-10986-214732021-04-23T14:04:02Z Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages Lu, Yi Xie, Huihua Xu, Lixin Colin ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JOB ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AUTONOMY BANKS BULLETIN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CABLE TELEVISION CAPITAL FLOW CELLULAR PHONE CELLULAR PHONES CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATION LEVELS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FOOD SHORTAGE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN POPULATION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT WORKERS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INEQUALITY INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOUR MARKET LARGE CITIES LIFE PROSPECTS MANUFACTURING MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MEDIA MEDICINE MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL PRIORITY NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPEN ACCESS PEOPLES PHONE CONNECTION PHONES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION QUALITY OF LIFE REGISTRATION SYSTEM REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETURN MIGRATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES SERVICE QUALITY SEX SEX RATIO SITES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY SPILLOVER TELECOM TELECOM COMPANIES TELECOM SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONES TELEVISIONS TOWNS TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USERS USES VILLAGE VILLAGES VIRTUAL COMMUNITY WEB YOUNG CHILDREN This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications-- in particular, landline phones -- increases the likelihood of outmigration. By using regional and time variations in the installation of landline phones, the difference-in-differences estimation shows that access to landline phones increases the ratio of out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust to a battery of validity checks. Furthermore, landline phones affect outmigration through two channels: information access to job opportunities and timely contact with left-behind family members. The findings underscore the positive migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is large. 2015-02-23T21:00:18Z 2015-02-23T21:00:18Z 2013-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18359828/telecommunications-externality-migration-evidence-chinese-villages http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21473 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6644 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JOB ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AUTONOMY BANKS BULLETIN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CABLE TELEVISION CAPITAL FLOW CELLULAR PHONE CELLULAR PHONES CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATION LEVELS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FOOD SHORTAGE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN POPULATION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT WORKERS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INEQUALITY INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOUR MARKET LARGE CITIES LIFE PROSPECTS MANUFACTURING MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MEDIA MEDICINE MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL PRIORITY NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPEN ACCESS PEOPLES PHONE CONNECTION PHONES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION QUALITY OF LIFE REGISTRATION SYSTEM REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETURN MIGRATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES SERVICE QUALITY SEX SEX RATIO SITES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY SPILLOVER TELECOM TELECOM COMPANIES TELECOM SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONES TELEVISIONS TOWNS TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USERS USES VILLAGE VILLAGES VIRTUAL COMMUNITY WEB YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JOB ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AUTONOMY BANKS BULLETIN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CABLE TELEVISION CAPITAL FLOW CELLULAR PHONE CELLULAR PHONES CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATION LEVELS ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FOOD SHORTAGE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH IN POPULATION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT WORKERS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INEQUALITY INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOUR MARKET LARGE CITIES LIFE PROSPECTS MANUFACTURING MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MEDIA MEDICINE MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL PRIORITY NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OPEN ACCESS PEOPLES PHONE CONNECTION PHONES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION QUALITY OF LIFE REGISTRATION SYSTEM REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETURN MIGRATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES SERVICE QUALITY SEX SEX RATIO SITES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY SPILLOVER TELECOM TELECOM COMPANIES TELECOM SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TELEPHONES TELEVISIONS TOWNS TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USERS USES VILLAGE VILLAGES VIRTUAL COMMUNITY WEB YOUNG CHILDREN Lu, Yi Xie, Huihua Xu, Lixin Colin Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific China
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6644
description	This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications-- in particular, landline phones -- increases the likelihood of outmigration. By using regional and time variations in the installation of landline phones, the difference-in-differences estimation shows that access to landline phones increases the ratio of out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust to a battery of validity checks. Furthermore, landline phones affect outmigration through two channels: information access to job opportunities and timely contact with left-behind family members. The findings underscore the positive migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is large.
format	Publications & Research
author	Lu, Yi Xie, Huihua Xu, Lixin Colin
author_facet	Lu, Yi Xie, Huihua Xu, Lixin Colin
author_sort	Lu, Yi
title	Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
title_short	Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
title_full	Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
title_fullStr	Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
title_full_unstemmed	Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages
title_sort	telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from chinese villages
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18359828/telecommunications-externality-migration-evidence-chinese-villages http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21473
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Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages

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