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. …

examine the impact of rural-urban migration on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In … this application, it is shown that migration is important for reducing the likelihood that poor households remain in …

in Russia 2003. A much larger urban to rural income gap in combination with a much smaller proportion of people living in …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers … residents in China and in urban Russia to be very similar. …

We develop a search-matching model with rural-urban migration and an explicit land market. Wages, job creation, urban … city and a restricting-migration policy that imposes some costs on migrants. We show that all these policies can increase … effect on urban wages, which reduces job creation and thus migration. When these two effects are combined with search …

paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …

The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …

, I show that poor households' entitlement to an exogenous, temporary but guaranteed income stream increases US migration … collateral to finance the migration. The individuals who start migrating because of this income shock belong to households with …. These results suggest that financial constraints to international migration are binding for poor Mexicans, some of whom …