This paper estimates the causal effect of rural-urban migration on urban production in China. We use longitudinal data … price shocks. Following a migrant inflow, labor costs decline and employment expands. Labor productivity decreases sharply … migration mostly benefits low- productivity firms within locations. As migrants select into high-productivity destinations …

This paper estimates the causal effect of rural-urban migration on urban production in China. We use longitudinal data … price shocks. Following a migrant inflow, labor costs decline and employment expands. Labor productivity decreases sharply … migration mostly benefits low- productivity firms within locations. As migrants select into high-productivity destinations …

Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate …

This report summarizes the characteristics of migration in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after its reforms and … opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural-urban migration. The scale of … interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the …

China has long aimed to restrict population growth in large cities but encourages growth in small and medium …-sized cities. At the same time, various government policies favor large cities. We conjecture that larger cities in China have more …

This paper focuses on the determinants of self-employment among rural to urban migrants in China. Two self … can be correlated with employment choices. Using data from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI …

This paper focuses on the determinants of self-employment among rural to urban migrants in China. Two self … can be correlated with employment choices. Using data from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI …

two thirds of the rural population in low-income countries living within two hours from a town, these findings underscore …

two thirds of the rural population in low-income countries living within two hours from a town, these findings underscore …

This paper argues that urbanization reshapes individual's risk preference by exerting self-selection and assimilation … effects. Taking advantage of the unique hukou system in the People's Republic of China, we initiate a quasi-experiment method … average. Overall, urbanization improves migrants' risk appetite, and mediated by this improvement, migrants are more likely to …