This paper gives a detailed examination of the overall conditions, poverty and income of rural migrants over recent years, using results of the survey on rural migrants from 69,000 rural households and more than 7,100 administrative villages in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous...

Although there is a rich literature on internal temporary migration in China, few existing studies deal with the permanent migration decision of China's rural labor. This paper will fill this gap and deal with the permanent migration choice made by rural migrants with the China General Social...