Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272377 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15750
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We identify the causal impact of housing demolition on employment and occupational mobility of working-age individuals in China. We exploit housing demolition events as a quasi-natural experiment and apply a two-way fixed effects approach to overcome the potential endogeneity problem. Using data from the CHFS, we find that on the extensive margin, housing demolition creates skill waste by making individuals less likely to work; while on the intensive margin, housing demolition leads to occupational upward mobility, especially among low-skilled workers. We do not find any empirical evidence that housing demolition influences internal migration flow or migrant workers' occupational mobility.
Subjects: 
housing demolition
occupational mobility
skill
migrant
China
JEL: 
J24
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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