This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications … of out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …

We use a unique data set of Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications, in particular … out-migrant workers by 2.1 percentage points, or about 54 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first …

Post-reform China has been experiencing two major demographic changes, an extraordinary amount of internal migration … of a transition economy. We find that shifts in China's age distribution have generated significant changes in the …

China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily …. The basic question posed in this paper is: How are aging and migration related in post-reform China? We argue that there … empirically the relationship between origin age distribution and interprovincial migration in China using province-level census …

We assess the role of internal migration and urbanisation in China on the nominal earnings of three groups of workers … for a large share of wage disparities in China …

immigrants (i.e. those that migrate from one area of China to another) are more likely to default than local borrowers at low …

We explore attitudes toward internal and foreign migration in China using an original survey experiment. If labor … different skills levels and from either foreign countries or other provinces in China. We find that attitudes cleave universally …

Post-reform China has been experiencing two major demographic changes, an extraordinary amount of internal migration … of a transition economy. We find that shifts in China's age distribution have generated significant changes in the …

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 …