This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple …

Using the recent China Family Panel Studies, we identify the subjects studied by college (2–3 years) graduates and …

China experienced a 47% expansion in higher education enrolment between 1998 and 1999, and a six-fold expansion in the … returns to higher education in China. We find that the mean years of education increased by roughly one full year around the …

This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of … families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, we assess the impact of … find that remittances supplement income in rural China and lead to increased consumption rather than increased investment …

China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999 …. Using the China Household Finance Survey, we show that the expansion has exacerbated the large pre-existing urban-rural gap …

We examine the teacher labour market in China using the 2005 mini-Census, in the context of the transformation of the …

occurred largely in May 1989 in Beijing, China. Using monthly micro panel data, we present evidence that a surge in political … uncertainty resulted in significant temporary increases in savings among urban households in China. Households responded mainly by …

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. …