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THE DECISIONS OF MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES IN RURAL CHINA
by
Qi Qin
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(ECONOMICS)
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Qi Qin
Object Description
| Title | The decisions of migration and remittances in rural China |
| Author | Qin, Qi |
| Author email | qinqi11@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-05-29 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 22 Oct. 2009. |
| Date published | 2009-10-22 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hsiao, Cheng |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeff Deng, Yongheng |
| Abstract | Using recent household survey data from rural China, this dissertation investigates the decisions of migration and remittances at both individual and household levels and their impact on agricultural productivity. Previous researchers wonder if remittance behavior can be predicted by the migrants' characteristics; if yes, then these two decisions cannot be identified empirically. We find that the study of remittances is distinct from that of migration, thus deserving separate treatment; and empirically we are able to identify these two decisions. In the literature on migration and remittances, some people treat both as individual-level decisions while taking account of household characteristics; others think that households are the decision makers instead of individuals. We find that individuals and households exhibit different behavioral patterns in migration decisions, thus offering stories from two different angles. Finally, we find that migration with remittances improve the agricultural productivity in rural China. Remittances from migrants bring in advanced technology and increasing capital investment to the farm. In addition, the implicit contract between migrants and their rural households is effective in improving the laborers' efforts in agricultural production. |
| Keyword | migration; remittances; agricultural productivity; China |
| Geographic subject (country) | China |
| Coverage date | after 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m878 |
| Rights | Qin, Qi |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Qin-20071022 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume35/etd-Qin-20071022.pdf |
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| Full text | THE DECISIONS OF MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES IN RURAL CHINA by Qi Qin ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ECONOMICS) December 2007 Copyright 2007 Qi Qin |
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