Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …

This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple …

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

This paper examines how left-behind children influence migration duration in China. We first present a simple …

China's rapid rise in the global economy following its 2001 World Trade Organization (WTO) entry has raised questions … benefits. We find that the China trade shock reduced the U.S. manufacturing price index by 7.6 percent between 2000 and 2006 … (PNTR) to China, effectively removing the threat of China facing very high tariffs on its exports to the United States. A …

This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of … families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, we assess the impact of … find that remittances supplement income in rural China and lead to increased consumption rather than increased investment …

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. …