The relative importance of migrant workers has been increasing in the world economy. Conscious of their growing numbers …, the migrant-receiving and migrant sending countries have agreed to grant social security benefits to migrant workers and … requirements in terms of relatively long periods of contribution, employment or residence, which migrant workers find difficult to …

Using unique matched employer-employee data from China, we discover that migrant workers in the manufacturing industry … among workers employed in smaller enterprises. Moreover, migrant workers with better language skills have a stronger desire …