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...
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2013/10/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS6644
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2013/10/07
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Disclosed
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Telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from Chinese Villages
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Posts and Telecommunications