身份融合对农民工就业的影响——基于倾向得分匹配的研究（英文）

The effect of identity integration on the employment of rural-urban migrants:Based on a PSM approach

身份融合是理解农民工经济行为的重要概念。基于2013年浙江省的农民工调研数据,本研究探讨了身份融合对农民工就业的影响。为了解决可能存在的自选择问题,采用倾向得分匹配法进行实证分析。结果表明:身份融合对农民工的劳动参与有显著影响,身份融合对农民工自我雇佣和工作强度的影响并不显著;身份融合对农民工就业的影响存在明显的代际差异、性别差异以及户籍地差异。本研究获得的政策启示在于:促进农民工的城市融入有利于稳定他们的就业预期,实现劳动供给的可持续发展,对中国经济的发展具有重要作用。

The concept of identity integration is essential to understand the economic behavior of rural-urban migrants.This paper examines the effect of identity integration on the employment of rural-urban migrants in China.Data from a survey conducted in Zhejiang Province,China in 2013 is reported in this paper.The propensity score matching method is applied to address the sample selection bias.The results show that identity integration has quantitatively large and statistically significant effect on the workforce participation of rural-urban migrants.However,the effects of identity integration on self-employment and work intensity are not significant.In addition,the impact of identity integration on employment varies among different categories of gender,generation and places of household registration（hùkǒu）.The results indicate that the integration of rural-urban migrants into cities enables them to develop long-term plans in the city and promotes a stable labor supply,which benefits China＇s economic development.