Internal labour migration has become an important part of the process of China’s industrialization and urbanisation in the 2000s. Using micro data for the year 2007, this chapter attempts to contribute to a better understanding of the motives of and the constraints to labour mobility in China....

Daten einer Stichprobe von 1979. Beruflicher Aufstieg bei den vom Land zugewanderten Arbeitskräften eher als bei den in der Stadt geborenen Männern. Altersstruktur, Ausbildungsstand und Dauer des Aufenthaltes in der Stadt als Erklärungsvariable. (DÜI-Seu)

The population growth of cities in industrialized countries is characterized by striking disparities. While some cities experience a kind of resurgence in recent years others suffer from an ongoing depopulation. In this context an important issue refers to the question whether labour market...

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural-rural undocumented inter-provincial labor migration during China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is...