Migrant Workers Age-Group Productivity Gap Is Key to Verifying Lewis Turning Point in Chin＊  

出　　处：《China Economist》2012年第2期90-100,共11页中国经济学人（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper uses age-related productivity gaps to analyze the Lewis turning point in China. The age-related productivity gap implies that under same wage rate, older and less productive rural laborers working in cities will earn less than the reservation wage. Thus, they may elect instead to return to the countryside. Therefore, this paper argues that while the supply of younger, high-productivity migrant workers fails demand and Lewis turning point emerges, there still exists a high volume of lower-productivity rural surplus labor.

关 键 词：Lewis turning point PRODUCTIVITY age difference migrant workersJEL： J61 J64 O15 

分 类 号：F323.6[经济管理—产业经济] TG659[金属学及工艺—金属切削加工及机床]