Using a representative sample of rural migrants in cities, this paper investigates where the migrants in urban China … and outside province. In addition, moving beyond one's home province has a strong deterrent effect on migration, analogous … to the "border effect" identified in international migration studies. We also explore the role of culture, institutional …

care of their parents. This paper uses the Rural Urban Migration in China data to empirically investigate the effect of …Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China has begun a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Along … parents left behind in the rural area. The impact of migration of the adult children on the health of their left …

Using a representative sample of rural migrants in cities, this paper investigates where the migrants in urban China … and outside province. In addition, moving beyond one's home province has a strong deterrent effect on migration, analogous … to the "border effect" identified in international migration studies. We also explore the role of culture, institutional …

the credibility of the IV by emphasizing the unique institutional context of rural-urban migration in China and focusing … this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is …

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 … little with migration distance; it is slightly higher for female than male migrants; it is not affected by the migrant's age …

migrants in China based on their migration destination choices. Our baseline estimates suggest that to induce a migrant to move …-distance tradeoff ; rural-urban migration ; hukou system ; China …Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this …

this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is …