Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China has begun a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Along … care of their parents. This paper uses the Rural Urban Migration in China data to empirically investigate the effect of … to complement the traditional family care in rural China. …

"A powerful work of grassroots history showing how China's rural-urban divide can be traced back to the policies of Mao …"The gap between those living in the city and those in the countryside remains one of China's most intractable problems …. As this powerful work of grassroots history argues, the origins of China's rural-urban divide can be traced back to the …