respect to the role of migration. Interestingly, migration seems to be unimportant for the convergence process, at odds with …

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating … grooms. Guided by a model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and …

migration impacted rural economic development in the regions that received a larger number of SDY per capita relative to regions …

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are able to match with migrating grooms. Guided by a … theoretical model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets …

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …