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We assess the role of internal migration and urbanisation in China on the nominal earnings of three groups of workers … for a large share of wage disparities in China …
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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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026668
About a billion people worldwide live and work outside their country of birth or outside their region of birth within their own country. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family members who are left behind through remittances. However, splitting up families...
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Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
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This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple …
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This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use …
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This paper examines how left-behind children influence migration duration in China. We first present a simple …
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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 …
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This paper investigates how rural-urban income differentials interact with the risk coping motive to shape households' migration behavior. Using a model of migration behavior under agricultural income risk, our theoretical results suggest that while income differentials remain crucial in...
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