Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China

doi:10.1007/s00148-017-0672-x

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	Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China
	Chen, Yuanyuan 1; Wang, Le 2,3; Zhang, Min 4
刊名	JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS
	2018-07
卷号	31 期号:3 页码:837-876
关键词	Social network Rural-urban migrants Wage Search friction Information asymmetry Chinese economy
ISSN号	0933-1433
DOI	10.1007/s00148-017-0672-x
英文摘要	The use of informal job search method is prevalent in many countries. There is, however, no consensus in the literature on whether it actually matters for wages, and if it does, what are the underlying mechanisms. We empirically examine these issues specifically for rural migrants in urban China, a country where one of the largest domestic migration in human history has occurred over the past decades. We find that there exists a significant wage penalty for those migrant workers who have conducted their search through informal channels, despite their popularity. Our further analysis suggests two potential reasons for the wage penalty: (1) the informal job search sends a negative signal (of workers' inability to successfully find a job in a competitive market) to potential employers, resulting in lower wages, and (2) there exists a trade-off between wages and search efficiency for quicker entry into local labor market. We also find some evidence that the informal job search may lead to low-skilled jobs with lower wages. We do not find strong evidence supporting alternative explanations.
WOS研究方向	Demography ; Business & Economics
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000431032800006
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/592]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Wang, Le
作者单位	1.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Key Lab Math Econ SUFE, Minist Educ, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China; 2.Univ Oklahoma, Dept Econ, Norman, OK 73019 USA; 3.IZA, Bonn, Germany; 4.East China Normal Univ, Fac Econ & Management, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Yuanyuan,Wang, Le,Zhang, Min. Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China[J]. JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS,2018,31(3):837-876.
APA	Chen, Yuanyuan,Wang, Le,&Zhang, Min.(2018).Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China.JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS,31(3),837-876.
MLA	Chen, Yuanyuan,et al."Informal search, bad search?: the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China".JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS 31.3(2018):837-876.