migrants in China based on their migration destination choices. Our baseline estimates suggest that to induce a migrant to move …Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this … little with migration distance; it is slightly higher for female than male migrants; it is not affected by the migrant's age …

China has long aimed to restrict population growth in large cities but encourages growth in small and medium …-sized cities. At the same time, various government policies favor large cities. We conjecture that larger cities in China have more …

This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China … validate the arrival of the Lewis turning point in China, showing continuous and coordinated wage growth across rural and urban … restrictions were lifted, interprovincial migration responded to expected earnings and local employment conditions, and returns to …

The paper studies the dynamic change of the migrant labor market in China from 2002 to 2007 using two comparable data … sets. Our focus is on the rural-urban migration decision, the wage structure of migrants, the urban labor market … segmentation between migrants and urban natives, and the changes of these aspects from 2002 to 2007. We find that prior migration …

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first … city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows us to test our model by focusing on first-time migration. Strong … village in which the individual resides. We address the endogeneity of the network formation in the migration decision. Our …

of China is disadvantaged compared to the Han majority as regards length of education and household per capita wealth …

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. …

implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …