Neoliberal politics in China have changed the roles of, and the interrelationships between, the state, the market and society in urban restructuring. Since 2008, the central state has initiated the Shantytown Redevelopment Projects (SRPs) to improve the living conditions of low-income residents....

Das Verbundforschungsprojekt "Zukunft für Geflüchtete in ländlichen Regionen Deutschlands" ist in verschiedene Teilprojekte organisiert, die aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und in insgesamt acht ländlichen Untersuchungslandkreisen untersuchen, ob und wie humanitäres Engagement bei der...

The relevance of residential segregation and ethnic enclaves for labor market sorting of immigrants has been investigated by a large body of literature. Previous literature presents competing arguments and mixed results for the effects of segregation and ethnic concentration on various labor...

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to engage in long-distance migration-if they...

Using a CGE model (PRCGEM) updated to 2002, the paper explores how WTO membership could affect earnings in 40 industries across 31 regions (and 8 regional blocks) of China during the period 2002 2007.Taking into account labour movement between regions within China, the direct contribution of WTO...

This paper investigates the impact of migration shocks on housing conditions and rental prices for the local population. The identification comes from the regional variation in the large influx of Syrian refugees to Jordan in the wake of the Syrian conflict which started in 2011. Combining...

Ländliche Regionen fungieren seit dem deutlichen Anstieg von Geflüchteten im Jahr 2014 häufiger als Orte des Ankommens und Integration. Die Rolle ländlicher Ankunftsgesellschaften bzw. die Ein-stellungen der lokalen Residenzbevölkerung für die Integrationspotenziale stehen allerdings...

Since the launching of its economic reform and opening up programs in 1979, China has experienced an unprecedented economic expansion, as its real GDP growing at an annual average rate of about 10%. Despite the robust performance, the pressure for employment creation has continued to persist and...

A new general-equilibrium model that links together rural-to-urban migration, the externality effect of the average level of human capital, and agglomeration economies shows that in developing countries, unrestricted rural-to-urban migration reduces the average income of both rural and urban...