We hypothesize that individuals with a larger social-family network are more likely to choose self-employment. We test … this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is … social-family network exactly because he is self-employed. For this reason, a simple correlation between the probability of …

married women more likely to be employed and to secure suitable jobs after family migration. We find no evidence for …

and economic growth in both rural and urban sectors, taking the case of India. We study the relationship between … telecommuting and investments in urban infrastructure are summarized. Lessons from India and the People's Republic of China for each …

that short-term migration by males reduces the probability of intergenerational persistence by 20% in rural India …