sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … those are measures to support the early integration of migrants into the educational systems and in the labor markets …

in the case of the Great Chinese Migration. However, the context of the identities of migrants and their adaption in the … labor market outcomes of migrants in China, the country with the largest record of internal mobility. Using instrumental … variable estimation, the study finds that identifying as local residents significantly increase migrants' hourly wages and …

, and trade, as well as native consumption responses. Consumption patterns reflect how migrants integrate into their new …

as local associates with higher migrants' hourly wages and lower hours worked, although monthly earnings seem to remain … largely unchanged. Migrants with strong local identity are more likely to use local networks in job search, and to obtain jobs …