during the early years of transition in the sense that net migration rates were lower in the restricted than in the …This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the … examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium and large cities for the period 1960 through 2002. We conclude that …

during the early years of transition in the sense that net migration rates were lower in the restricted than in the …This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the … examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium and large cities for the period 1960 through 2002. We conclude that …

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time ('green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …

examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15 whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 … are consistent with a classical view of migration: children on average appear to migrate out of competitive, rural child … labor markets for net financial gain. The costs of migration are important. Children are less likely to migrate from more …

inter-state migrants within India consume fewer calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non …

China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily …. The basic question posed in this paper is: How are aging and migration related in post-reform China? We argue that there … of migration, but out- (in-) migration shifts the origin's (destination's) age distribution. We examine theoretically and …

under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … urbanization patterns and industrial development strategies should be adopted in different economic areas to enhance labor …

Like most other developing countries, China experiences huge migration outflows from rural areas. Their most striking … destination areas. In this paper, we show that this temporary feature of migration can be linked to land rights insecurity. As … village land ownership remains collective and as land use rights can be periodically reallocated, individual out-migration can …

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 …This report summarizes the characteristics of migration in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after its reforms and …

China's central government has rightfully recognized that successful urbanization will be decisive for the nation … in China, the paper calls for a housing strategy that accommodates the surging waves of rural to urban migration, one of … the main drivers of urbanization, and that provides migrants with greater urban socio-economic opportunities, improves …