Sylvie Démurger

Biographic Data

ID	877295
NAME	Sylvie Démurger
GIVEN NAMES	Sylvie
FAMILY NAME	Démurger
SIGNATURE	DÉMURGER S
AFFILIATIONS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
ORCID	0000-0001-6447-7236
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	18
TOTAL CITATIONS	76
AUTHOR COUNT	18
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	4

Housing costs and real income differences across Chinese cities
Open AccessZhongxu Chen, Pierre‐Philippe Combes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2025References: 5
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Falling into poverty or escaping from it? The effect of the minimum wage in urban China
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Carl Lin et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2025
Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion
Sylvie Démurger, Eric A Hanushek et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2024Cited by: 1References: 47
This paper estimates the return to an elite-university education over a college graduate’s career in contemporary China. After allowing for university selectivity by including individual admission scores, we find a substantial premium for graduating from an elite Chinese university at the job entry that declines quickly in early career before starting to return. Results are entirely driven by cohorts entering college after the 1999 higher-educati…
Unequal Migration and Urbanisation Gains in China
Open AccessPierre‐Philippe Combes, Sylvie Démurger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2019Cited by: 4
Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities
Open AccessPierre-Philippe Combes, Pierre‐Philippe Combes et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2015
Migration externalities in Chinese cities
Open AccessPierre-Philippe Combes, Pierre‐Philippe Combes et al.ARTICLEEuropean Economic Review2015
Volunteer and satisfied? Rural households' participation in a payments for environmental services programme in Inner Mongolia
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Adeline PelletierARTICLEEcological Economics2015Cited by: 4References: 4
Left-behind children and return migration in China
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Hui XuARTICLEIZA Journal of Migration2015Cited by: 10References: 41
This paper examines how left-behind children influence migration duration in China. We first present a simple illustrative model that incorporates economic and non-economic motives to migration duration. Using individual data from a survey carried out in Wuwei county (Anhui province) in 2008, we find that migrant parents of children in primary school tend to delay their return, a result we interpret as illustrating the need for migrant parents to…
Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China: The sloping land conversion program in Ningxia
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Haiyuan WanARTICLEIZA Journal of Migration2012Cited by: 14References: 38
This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use recent survey data from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a difference-in-difference approach to assess the impact of the policy on labor migration decision. We find a significant effect of the policy: the migration probability increase due to the SLCP policy amounts to 17.5 percentage points in 2008. Furthermore, we highlight th…
Return Migrants: The Rise of New Entrepreneurs in Rural China
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Hui XuARTICLEWorld Development2010Cited by: 36References: 11
Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Marc Gurgand et al.ARTICLEJournal of Comparative Economics2009
Les politiques de conservation de la forêt [Directives nationales et mise en œuvre locale dans le nord du Sichuan]: Directives nationales et mise en œuvre locale dans le nord du Sichuan
Sylvie Démurger, Martin Fournier et al.ARTICLEPerspectives chinoises2005Cited by: 1
Comparant trois cantons ruraux du nord du Sichuan, cet article analyse les enjeux et les contraintes liés aux programmes nationaux de conservation des forêts et de la biodiversité. Il souligne l’importance du contexte économique et institutionnel local dans l’application des directives nationales et la diversité des réponses possibles au niveau local. L’examen des programmes de protection des forêts naturelles et de conversion des terres cultivée…
Earnings Differentials and Ownership Structure in Chinese Enterprises
Yi Chen, Sylvie Démurger et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2005Cited by: 6References: 25
This article analyzes the determinants of earnings differentials among enterprises of different ownership in urban China in 1995, using an extended version of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methods. We find strong evidence of a nonintegrated multitiered labor market in China, pure ownership-related differences, and differences in hours worked being the major determinants of observed earnings gaps. Our results highlight different paying schemes amon…
Les différentiels salariaux par sexe en Chine urbaine
Yi Chen, Sylvie Démurger et al.ARTICLEPerspectives chinoises2004
Les diffrentiels salariaux par sexe en Chine urbaine Les entreprises capitaux trangers offrent des salaires horaires plus faibles aux hommes que les
Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth: An Explanation for Regional Disparities in China?
Open AccessSylvie DémurgerARTICLEJournal of Comparative Economics2001
Interdépendance de l'investissement étranger et de la croissance en Chine. Une analyse sur données de panel
Open AccessSylvie DémurgerARTICLERevue économique1998
Interdépendance de l'investissement étranger et de la croissance en Chine: Une analyse sur données de panel
Sylvie DémurgerARTICLERevue économique1998
Démurger Sylvie. Interdépendance de l'investissement étranger et de la croissance en Chine : une analyse sur données de panel. In: Revue économique, volume 49, n°1, 1998. pp. 151-163
Ouverture et croissance industrielle des villes chinoises
Sylvie DémurgerARTICLERevue économique1996
Cette étude porte sur l'impact de la politique « d'ouverture et de réforme » de la Chine sur sa croissance industrielle de court terme. L'analyse économétrique utilise une base de données qui décrit les évolutions économiques principales de 434 villes chinoises au cours de la période 1988-1991. Elle met en lumière les rôles distincts de l'investissement étranger et des exportations dans le processus de croissance chinois. Il apparaît en effet que…

Return Migrants: The Rise of New Entrepreneurs in Rural China
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Hui XuARTICLEWorld Development2010Cited by: 36References: 11
Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China: The sloping land conversion program in Ningxia
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Haiyuan WanARTICLEIZA Journal of Migration2012Cited by: 14References: 38
This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use recent survey data from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a difference-in-difference approach to assess the impact of the policy on labor migration decision. We find a significant effect of the policy: the migration probability increase due to the SLCP policy amounts to 17.5 percentage points in 2008. Furthermore, we highlight th…
Left-behind children and return migration in China
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Hui XuARTICLEIZA Journal of Migration2015Cited by: 10References: 41
This paper examines how left-behind children influence migration duration in China. We first present a simple illustrative model that incorporates economic and non-economic motives to migration duration. Using individual data from a survey carried out in Wuwei county (Anhui province) in 2008, we find that migrant parents of children in primary school tend to delay their return, a result we interpret as illustrating the need for migrant parents to…
Earnings Differentials and Ownership Structure in Chinese Enterprises
Yi Chen, Sylvie Démurger et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2005Cited by: 6References: 25
This article analyzes the determinants of earnings differentials among enterprises of different ownership in urban China in 1995, using an extended version of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methods. We find strong evidence of a nonintegrated multitiered labor market in China, pure ownership-related differences, and differences in hours worked being the major determinants of observed earnings gaps. Our results highlight different paying schemes amon…
Unequal Migration and Urbanisation Gains in China
Open AccessPierre‐Philippe Combes, Sylvie Démurger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2019Cited by: 4
Volunteer and satisfied? Rural households' participation in a payments for environmental services programme in Inner Mongolia
Open AccessSylvie Démurger, Adeline PelletierARTICLEEcological Economics2015Cited by: 4References: 4
Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion
Sylvie Démurger, Eric A Hanushek et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2024Cited by: 1References: 47
This paper estimates the return to an elite-university education over a college graduate’s career in contemporary China. After allowing for university selectivity by including individual admission scores, we find a substantial premium for graduating from an elite Chinese university at the job entry that declines quickly in early career before starting to return. Results are entirely driven by cohorts entering college after the 1999 higher-educati…
Les politiques de conservation de la forêt [Directives nationales et mise en œuvre locale dans le nord du Sichuan]: Directives nationales et mise en œuvre locale dans le nord du Sichuan
Sylvie Démurger, Martin Fournier et al.ARTICLEPerspectives chinoises2005Cited by: 1
Comparant trois cantons ruraux du nord du Sichuan, cet article analyse les enjeux et les contraintes liés aux programmes nationaux de conservation des forêts et de la biodiversité. Il souligne l’importance du contexte économique et institutionnel local dans l’application des directives nationales et la diversité des réponses possibles au niveau local. L’examen des programmes de protection des forêts naturelles et de conversion des terres cultivée…