Self-Employment in China: Are Rural Migrant Workers and Urban Residents Alike?

Published By: IZA on eSS | Published Date: January, 01 , 2013

This paper studies differences in the motivation to be self-employed between rural migrants and urban residents in modern China. Estimates of the wage differential between selfemployment and paid-employment obtained through a three-stage methodology using the 2002 China Household Income Project (CHIP) are used for the study. [IZA DP No. 7191]. URL:[http://ftp.iza.org/dp7191.pdf].

Author(s): Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani | Posted on: Feb 13, 2013 | Views(887)


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