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Migration in the People's Republic of China
Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran - 2016
opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural-urban migration. The scale of … interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the … lead to more social problems. Policy makers should reconsider the way to achieve efficient and harmonious urbanization by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546628
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Divergence of human capital in cities in the People's Republic of China : exploring complementarities and spatial agglomeration of the workforce with various skills
Liang, Wenquan; Lu, Ming - 2016
In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor productivity. In this study, we used earlier census data and 1% population survey data to examine the distribution of the skilled workforce in cities in the People's Republic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488140
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Urban systems and urban development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming - 2015
suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407544
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How do Heterogeneous Social Interactions affect the Peer Effect in Rural-Urban Migration?:Empirical Evidence from China
Chen, Zhao; Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi - 2008
In this paper, we use the '2002 Chinese Household Income Project Survey'(CHIPS2002) data to examine how heterogeneous social interactions affect the peer effect in the rural-urban migration decision in China. We find that the peer effect, measured by the village migration ratio, significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313452
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Urban systems and urban development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming - 2015
suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526674
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Beyond Lewis: rural‐to‐urban migration with endogenous policy change
Chen, Zhao; Liu, Xiaofeng; Lu, Ming - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 2, pp. 213-230
urbanization and economic growth are concerned? Design/methodology/approach – The authors build a theoretical model of rural … decreases the within‐city inequality and conflicts, but also advances the urbanization and urban economic growth. Research … within‐city inequality, urbanization as well as urban economic growth due to unequal social public service within urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689684
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Beyond Lewis: rural-to-urban migration with endogenous policy change
Chen, Zhao; Liu, Xiaofeng; Lu, Ming - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 2, pp. 213-230
urbanization and economic growth are concerned? Design/methodology/approach – The authors build a theoretical model of rural … decreases the within-city inequality and conflicts, but also advances the urbanization and urban economic growth. Research … within-city inequality, urbanization as well as urban economic growth due to unequal social public service within urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814705
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How Do Heterogeneous Social Interactions Affect the Peer Effect in Rural-Urban Migration?: Empirical Evidence from China
Chen, Zhao; Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2008
In this paper, we use the "2002 Chinese Household Income Project Survey" (CHIP2002) data to examine how heterogeneous social interactions affect the peer effect in the rural-urban migration decision in China. We find that the peer effect, measured by the village migration ratio, significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650695
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Divergence of human capital in cities in the People's Republic of China: Exploring complementarities and spatial agglomeration of the workforce with various skills
Liang, Wenquan; Lu, Ming - 2016
In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor productivity. In this study, we used earlier census data and 1% population survey data to examine the distribution of the skilled workforce in cities in the People's Republic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653777
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Migration in the People's Republic of China
Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran - 2016
opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural-urban migration. The scale of … interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the … lead to more social problems. Policy makers should reconsider the way to achieve efficient and harmonious urbanization by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653795