讲座题目：Migration Restrictions and the Migrant-Native Wage Gap: The Role of Wage Setting and Sorting

内容简介：This study examines the factors contributing to the wage gap between migrants and natives, as well as the influence of internal mobility constraints on this gap. Using matched employer-employee panel data from a Chinese metropolis, we estimate a two-way fixed effect wage model and decompose the wage gap into differences in skills, wage setting, and sorting between migrants and natives. The decomposition analysis reveals that, despite migrants having higher skills than natives, they earn lower wages within the same employer and are less likely to be employed by companies offering high wage premiums. These two factors account for a 10 percentage-point wage penalty for migrants with comparative skills. Additionally, we investigate the impact of a policy change that restricted the 'hukou' (household registration) quota to understand the mechanisms underlying the firm-specific pay premiums for natives. Following a one-third reduction in hukou quotas, wages of migrants increased relative to those of native workers, particularly in the private sector where significant quota reductions occurred, and among young and high-skilled migrants who have a higher demand for hukou. This effect is mainly driven by an increase in the wage premium paid by employers due to the unavailability of hukou. However, the tightening of the hukou quota exacerbates the misallocation of workers, making high-ability migrants more likely to work in low-productivity public sectors.

主讲人：郭乃嘉 教授（香港大学助理教授）

讲座时间：2024年4月8日（周一）13:00—14:30

讲座地点：求是楼347会议室

讲座语言：中英文

主持人：林琳 讲师

参与人员：热烈欢迎广大师生参加。

主讲人简介：

郭乃嘉教授，现任香港大学助理教授。她拥有宾夕法尼亚大学经济学博士学位和北京大学金融学学士学位。在加入香港大学之前，她曾在香港中文大学工作。她的研究兴趣主要集中在劳动经济学和家庭经济学，重点是结构性劳动。她的研究涉及教育、移民、失业和家庭内部决策等广泛领域。她曾在《International Economic Review》、《Economic Journal》、《Quantitative Economics》、《Journal of Human Resources》和《Journal of Comparative Economics》等知名学术期刊上发表过研究成果。此外，她还是《Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization》的副主编。