Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934

doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2011.07.002

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	Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934
	Kung, James Kai-sing 1; Li, Nan 1,2
刊名	EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
	2011-12
卷号	48 期号:4 页码:568-589
关键词	Commercialization Soybean trade Migration Socioeconomic welfare Manchuria
ISSN号	0014-4983
DOI	10.1016/j.eeh.2011.07.002
英文摘要	The effects of commercialization and migration in traditional agrarian economies such as China's during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been a subject of ferocious debate. Using data from Manchuria on soybean cultivation and exports, we employ difference-in-differences and instrumental variable approaches to demonstrate a significantly positive relationship between growing soybeans for export and the returns to migration. Those who migrated to Manchuria in response to high market prices, and to villages more suitable for cultivating soy prospered most; they owned approximately two-thirds more of the arable land and one-third more of houses than those who failed to do so. Evidence suggests that the positive welfare effect of commercialization-cum-migration was confined not only to the rich, who seek to relieve the "land constraint" at home, but possibly also to the poor. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Social Sciences - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000299065100009
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/2217]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Kung, James Kai-sing
作者单位	1.Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Div Social Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; 2.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kung, James Kai-sing,Li, Nan. Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934[J]. EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY,2011,48(4):568-589.
APA	Kung, James Kai-sing,&Li, Nan.(2011).Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934.EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY,48(4),568-589.
MLA	Kung, James Kai-sing,et al."Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934".EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY 48.4(2011):568-589.