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Rural-urban migration decisions in China : evidence from rural household panel data
Yoo, Kyeongwon - In: Dae oe gyeong je yeon gu 8 (2004) 1, pp. 59-91
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002242250
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Return international migration and geographical inequality : the case of Egypt
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2004
This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514468
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China’s 'New Generation' Rural-Urban Migrants : Migration Motivation and Migration Patterns
Hu, Xiaochu - 2012
The majority of China’s roughly 145 million rural-urban migrants were born after 1980, making this population the “new … generation” of internal migrant workers. Having been directly influenced by China’s rapid economic growth and recent socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174544
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Rural-urban migration at high urbanization levels
Busso, Matias; Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Herrera L., Nicolás - 2020
This study assesses the empirical relevance of the Harris-Todaro model at high levels of urbanization a feature that characterizes an increasing number of developing countries, which were largely rural when the model was created 50 years ago. Using data from Brazil, the paper compares observed...
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Agricultural productivity shocks, labour reallocation and rural-urban migration in China
Minale, Luigi - In: Journal of economic geography 18 (2018) 4, pp. 795-821
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
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Rural-urban migration as a risk coping strategy : the role of income differentials
Démurger, Sylvie; Khelifa, Siwar; Rey, Béatrice - 2023
This paper investigates how rural-urban income differentials interact with the risk coping motive to shape households …' migration behavior. Using a model of migration behavior under agricultural income risk, our theoretical results suggest that … agricultural income risk the household is facing. Empirical findings on Chinese farm households indicate that the incidence of …
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The preference for larger cities in China : evidence from rural-urban migrants
Xing, Chunbing; Zhang, Junfu - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792539
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Migration in the People's Republic of China
Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran - 2016
This report summarizes the characteristics of migration in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after its reforms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546628
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950