Internal Migration and Earnings: Do Migrant Entrepreneurs and Migrant Employees Differ?

Nguyen, Bach (2022). Internal Migration and Earnings: Do Migrant Entrepreneurs and Migrant Employees Differ? Papers in Regional Science, 101 (4), pp. 901-944.

Abstract

People move from one region of a country to another not only for employment but also for business opportunities. Their earnings, relative to those of comparable local employees and local entrepreneurs, reflect the efficiency of internal migration policies. Investigating a large number of migrants and non-migrants in Vietnam, we find that while migrant entrepreneurs earn more than local entrepreneurs, migrant employees earn less than their local counterparts. Moreover, regions with unalloyed socialist norms (North Vietnam) enhance migrants' advantages, leading to higher earnings, whereas migrants in regions with pro-entrepreneurship norms (South Vietnam) find it difficult to compete with the locals.

Publication DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12689
Divisions:	College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author. Papers in Regional Science is published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Regional Science Association International. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution andreproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Funding Information: This research was funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 502.01‐2020.01.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Vietnam,internal migration,migrant employees,migrant entrepreneurs,regional informal institutions,Geography, Planning and Development,Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Publication ISSN:	1435-5957
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 08:40
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2022 08:26
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Published Date:	2022-08-23
Published Online Date:	2022-08-23
Accepted Date:	2022-06-13
Authors:	Nguyen, Bach ( 0000-0003-1527-7443)