城市规模对农民工人力资本外部性的影响

The influence of urban scale on rural migrant workers' human capital externality

使用流动人口动态监测数据,检验了农民工人力资本外部性的受益程度,分析了城市规模对农民工人力资本外部性的影响。结果显示:城市劳动力市场大专以上学历占比每提高1%,农民工月收入平均提高4. 3%-11. 4%;城市规模越大,农民工人力资本外部性程度越高;高技能农民工比中低技能农民工更能从人力资本外部性中受益;中西部地区农民工人力资本外部性程度高于东部地区;从事生产操作类职业以及其他职业农民工的人力资本外部性程度高于从事商业服务类职业的农民工。

This essay uses floating population dynamic monitoring suvery data to test the extent to which rural migrant workers benefit from the human capital externality,focusing on the influence of urban scale on the rural migrant workers’ human capital externality. The results show: When the percentage of college education workers in the urban labor market increased by 1%,the monthly income of rural migrant workers rose by average of 4. 3% to 11. 4%;The greater the urban size,the higher the human capital externality;High-skilled rural migrant workers benefit more from human capital externality than low and middle skilled rural migrant workers due to their good learning ability;The human capital externality of rural migrant workers in the central and western regions is higher than that of eastern regions;The externality level of workers engaged in production and operation occupations and other occupations is higher than that of commercial service occupations.