This paper provides a systematic analysis of the way shifts in property utilization rights in China induced another …

The paper studies the dynamic change of the migrant labor market in China from 2002 to 2007 using two comparable data … segmentation between migrants and urban natives, and the changes of these aspects from 2002 to 2007. We find that prior migration … to 2007. Our results show that there is a significant increase in wages among both migrants and urban natives over this 5 …

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

Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China has begun a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Along … care of their parents. This paper uses the Rural Urban Migration in China data to empirically investigate the effect of … to complement the traditional family care in rural China. …

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 …

the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …

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 … markets in China. …

Using a representative sample of rural migrants in cities, this paper investigates where the migrants in urban China …

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 …

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 …