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Urbanisation and Migration Externalities in China

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2013

We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a … external markets does not. Therefore, large agglomeration economies prevail in China and they are more localised than in … China. …

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Payments for Ecological Restoration and Internal Migration in China: The Sloping Land Conversion Program in Ningxia

Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2012

This paper analyses the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use …

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Migration, Remittances and Rural Employment Patterns : Evidence from China

Démurger, Sylvie; Shi, Li - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2012

This paper explores the rural labor market impact of migration in China using crosssectional data on rural households … rural China is responsive to migration, at both the individual and the family levels, but the impacts differ : individual …

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Mapping Modes of Rural Labour Migration in China

Démurger, Sylvie - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2012

Internal labour migration has become an important part of the process of China’s industrialization and urbanisation in … motives of and the constraints to labour mobility in China. Drawing on various empirical investigations at the household level …

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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …

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Urban-Rural Disparities of Child Health and Nutritional Status in China from 1989 to 2006

Liu, Hong; Fang, Hai; Zhao, Zhong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper analyzes urban–rural disparities of China's child health and nutritional status using the China Health and … children in China as well as how such disparities have changed during the period 1989–2006. The results show that on average …

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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2015

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives’ labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011251787

Volunteer and satisfied? Rural households’ participation in a payments for environmental services programme in Inner Mongolia

Démurger, Sylvie; Pelletier, Adeline - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2015

Using survey data from Inner Mongolia, this paper explores the role of stakeholder engagement in the implementation of the Sloping Land Conversion Programme (SLCP), a payments for environmental services programme designed to restore forest in degraded land. Based on the idea that volunteerism...

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Left-Behind Children and Return Decisions of Rural Migrants in China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2011

This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple model that …, China) in fall 2008. We first use a discrete-time proportional hazard model to estimate the determinants of migration …

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The Economics of Price Scissors : An Empirical Investigation for China.

Lin, Justin Yifu; Yu, Miaojie - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

agricultural rationing, we first check if the model stands up to China's data from 1949-1992, we find that the importance of … consumption is also less than that of investment. Such findings are consistent with the reality of China. …

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