This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …

Like most other developing countries, China experiences huge migration outflows from rural areas. Their most striking …

In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are … China, urban labor absorption efficiency is higher compared with the western and northern parts of China. Different …

on the utility of migrants, as proxied by their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data from a new survey on China (RUMiC … contractual motivations (such as co-insurance and investment) are at work among rural-to-urban migrants in China …

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … during a period of rapid economic growth. Between 1992 and 2007, the average real wage increased by 202 percent, accompanied … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China …

examine the impact of rural-urban migration on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In …

This paper analyzes the costs of job loss in China, using unique new data from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China … segmented urban labor markets in China. All displaced workers have an increased likelihood of being informal, while only …

modern China. Estimates of the wage differential between self-employment and paid-employment obtained through a three …-stage methodology using the 2002 China Household Income Project (CHIP), reveal that rural migrants become self-employed to avoid low …

Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this … migrants in China based on their migration destination choices. Our baseline estimates suggest that to induce a migrant to move …