Moving to the right place at the right time: Economic effects on migrants of the Manchuria Plague of 1910-11

doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2016.11.001

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	Moving to the right place at the right time: Economic effects on migrants of the Manchuria Plague of 1910-11
	Li, Dan 1; Li, Nan 2
刊名	EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
	2017-01
卷号	63 页码:91-106
关键词	Migrant Initial conditions Pneumonic plague Manchuria China
ISSN号	0014-4983
DOI	10.1016/j.eeh.2016.11.001
英文摘要	How do initial arrival conditions in a host locality affect migrants' subsequent economic welfare? Manchuria (Northeast China), which attracted millions of migrants from North China during the first half of the twentieth century, experienced a devastating pneumonic plague outbreak in 1910-11. Using data from a rural household survey in the mid-1930s, we explore how the post plague conditions in various villages affected migrant cohorts' long-term wealth accumulation. We find that the migrant households that moved to plague-hit villages soon after the plague ended prospered the most: they owned at least 112% more land than migrant households that either moved elsewhere or migrated to the same village before or long after the plague outbreak. Our results are robust after controlling for factors that influence the long-term wealth accumulation of migrants and are not caused by selection.
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Social Sciences - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000394477600006
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/1115]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Li, Nan
作者单位	1.Fudan Univ, Sch Econ, 600 Guoquan Rd,Rm 302, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 2.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, 111 Wuchuan Rd,Rm 517 Econ Bldg, Shanghai, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Dan,Li, Nan. Moving to the right place at the right time: Economic effects on migrants of the Manchuria Plague of 1910-11[J]. EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY,2017,63:91-106.
APA	Li, Dan,&Li, Nan.(2017).Moving to the right place at the right time: Economic effects on migrants of the Manchuria Plague of 1910-11.EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY,63,91-106.
MLA	Li, Dan,et al."Moving to the right place at the right time: Economic effects on migrants of the Manchuria Plague of 1910-11".EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY 63(2017):91-106.