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Telecommunications Externality on Migration : Evidence from Chinese Villages / Lu, Yi
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lu, Yi
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Finance.
- Anthropology.
- E-Business.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Landline Phones.
- Migration.
- Network Effect.
- Population Policies.
- Private Sector Development.
- Psychological Costs.
- Telecommunications.
- China.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Finance.
- Anthropology.
- E-Business.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- ICT Policy and Strategies.
- Landline Phones.
- Migration.
- Network Effect.
- Population Policies.
- Private Sector Development.
- Psychological Costs.
- Telecommunications.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Other Title:
- Telecommunications Externality on Migration
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
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