This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications- in … out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust to … externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is large …

This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications … of out-migrant workers by 2 percentage points, or about 50 percent of the sample mean in China. The results remain robust … migration externality of expanding telecommunications access in rural areas, especially in places where migration potential is …

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first …

Post-reform China has been experiencing two major demographic changes, an extraordinary amount of internal migration … of a transition economy. We find that shifts in China's age distribution have generated significant changes in the …