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Inequality and Internal Migration in China : Evidence from Village Panel Data

Zhang, Junsen - 2013

This paper analyzes the impact of rural-to-urban migration on income inequality and gender wage gap in source regions … income inequality is time-persisting, we use a system GMM framework to control for the lagged income inequality, in which … inequality in the sending communities. Specifically, contemporary emigration increases income inequality, while lagged emigration …

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The dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages : system GMM estimates from rural China

Ha, Wei; Yi, Junjian; Yuan, Ye; Zhang, Junsen - In: China economic review : an international journal 37 (2016), pp. 27-39

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The role of China's household registration system in the urban-rural income differential

Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest; Moon, Soojae - 2017

curbing rising income inequality. …

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Strong versus weak ties in migration

Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2014

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows...

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China's "great migration" : the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty

Facchini, Giovanni; Liu, Maggie Y.; Mayda, Anna Maria; … - 2018 - This draft: November 2017

We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one important channel of impact has been internal migration. Specifically, we study the changes in internal migration rates triggered by the reduction in trade policy uncertainty faced by...

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Welfare magnets and internal migration in China

Jin, Zhangfeng - 2020

This study examines the causal effects ofwelfare benefits on internal migration decisions. Using a quasi-experimentalmigration reform across 283 Chinese cities from 2002 to 2015, combined with a difference-in-differences setup, Ishowthat improvedwelfarebenefitssubstantially increasemigration....

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Air pollution quotas and the dynamics of internal skilled migration in Chinese cities

Yu, Bo; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa - 2020

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five-Year Plan on internal movements of high-skilled labour across Chinese prefecture cities. Using data on migration flows calculated through changes in Hukou status, this study suggests...

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The health impacts of relaxing internal migration policies : quasi-experimental evidence from China

Wu, Fengyu; Wang, Julia Shu-Huah; You, Jing; Teitler, Julien - 2025

This study examines the health impacts of a large-scale internal migration reform in China. Using nationally representative data from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (2012-2018) and a unique dataset on city-level policy intensity and adoption timing, we employ a triple-difference approach...

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In search of a better life: The occupational attainment of rural and urban migrants in China

Kondo, Ayako; Ou, Dongshu - 2010

This paper investigates the occupational attainment and job mobility of permanent ruralto-urban migrants and compares them with migrants who were born with an urban hukou. Using data from the 2003 China General Social Survey, we examine how much of the gaps in occupational-prestige scores...

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Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration

Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2014

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