辽宁大学经济学前沿高端讲座第一百讲 Home, Sweet Home? The Spatial Consequences of Return Migration

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收录时间：

2025-11-07 17:37:21

时间：

2025-11-07 10:00:00

地点：

辽宁大学崇山校区五洲园一楼会议室

报告人：

张吉鹏 教授（山东大学经济学院）

学校：

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关键词：

return migration, spatial inequality, urbanization, general equilibrium, China

简介：

Leveraging a novel wave of data from the China Household Finance Survey, we document that 60% of cross-prefecture migrants eventually returned to their hometowns, with family and retirement-related concerns being the predominant motivation. To analyze the economic consequences of “return migration”, we build a dynamic spatial general equilibrium model that features multiple migration decisions throughout a life- cycle. The migration decisions hinge on wage differentials, the pension system, access to public goods, and attachments to one’s hometown. We find that the institutional barriers that “forced” the migrants to return home slowed down the pace of urbanization, reduced aggregate output and welfare, and exacerbated spatial inequality in China. Moreover, incorporating return migration in spatial models could alter how the economy responds to economic shocks such as migration and trade liberalization, as well as the effects of place-based policies.

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