时间：11月4日（周三）10：00-11：30

地点：北京大学国家发展研究院万众楼一层大教室

主持人：（国发院）赵耀辉、李玲、刘国恩、雷晓燕、张丹丹

     （经院）秦雪征、王耀璟、袁野

主讲人：钟灵（长江商学院经济学助理教授）

题目： Internal migration and extended families in China （中国流动人口与留守家庭）

报告摘要：

Internal migration from rural to urban areas can have large welfare effects on the migrants and their extended family. In China, temporary migrants leave family members behind and support them with remittances from the urban area, while the grandparents look after children in the rural area. I study how internal migration opportunities for rural workers affect their extended family’s behavior and welfare. In this paper, using micro-level data from China, I develop and estimate a model featuring three generations and migration choices. The model features an informal limited-commitment contract over child care, financial transfers, and commitments to elder care. I find that both the parents and grandparents gain from the informal contract, and that the informal contract reduces welfare inequality in rural China. I then use the model to evaluate the effects of a set of hypothetical policies, including urban education subsidies and improved health insurance coverage. The policy counterfactual outcomes imply that government policies on households with internal migrants have externalities via the informal contract.

主讲人简介：

钟灵，2019年毕业于耶鲁大学经济系，现任长江商学院经济学助理教授。研究领域主要包括劳动经济学、教育经济学、公共经济学及中国经济。关注高等教育人才的职业选择与收入分布、中国流动人口的社会影响，中国司法裁判公平性等问题。曾在Journal of Labor Economics，IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology，Paleobiology，《极地研究》等发表论文。担任Journal of Labor Economics，Economics Letters审稿人。