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Young women in cities
Koh, Yumi; Li, Jing; Wu, Yifan; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Hanzhe - 2023
gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic … zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish the causes of this gender imbalance. Our analysis suggests that a key … contributor is gender-differential incentives to migrate due to rural women's higher likelihood of marrying and marrying up in …
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City size, family migration, and gender wage gap : evidence from rural-urban migrants in China
Xing, Chunbing; Yuan, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Junfu - 2022
married couples. Using data from China, we show that the gender wage gap among married migrants is significantly smaller in …
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The impact of rural-urban migration on the health of the left-behind parents
Ao, Xiang; Jiang, Dawei; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China has begun a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Along with an increasing number of rural people migrating to urban area for jobs, there are a considerable number of elderly parents left behind in the rural area. The impact of...
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The preference for larger cities in China : evidence from rural-urban migrants
Xing, Chunbing; Zhang, Junfu - 2013
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 urban amenities and a better quality of life. We thus...
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Where are migrants from? : inter- vs. intra-provincial rural-urban migration in China
Su, Yaqin; Tesfazion, Petros; Zhao, Zhong - 2017
Using a representative sample of rural migrants in cities, this paper investigates where the migrants in urban China come from, paying close attention to intra-provincial vs. inter-provincial migrants, and examining the differences in their personal attributes. We find that migrants who have...
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
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Cities, towns, and poverty : migration equilibrium and income distribution in a Todaro-type model with multiple destinations
Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is to minimize national poverty? To answer this policy question we extend the basic Todaro-type model of rural-urban migration to the case of migration from rural areas to two potential destinations, secondary...
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Migration externalities in Chinese cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - 2015
We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large positive correlation of the city share of migrants with natives' wages. Using different sets of control variables and instruments suggests that the effect is causal. The large...
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Short-term migration and intergenerational persistence of industry in rural India
Nandi, Tushar Kanti; Kar, Saibal - 2015
One of the well-known barriers to development is persistence of disadvantage among communities. The lack of occupational and therefore upward social mobility continues to restrain households from achieving socially desirable outcomes. This paper studies the effect of short-term internal...
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Village political economy, land tenure insecurity, and the rural to urban migration decision : evidence from China
Giles, John; Mu, Ren - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur in the following year. After first demonstrating that...
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