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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 …
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This study investigates broadband internet's impact on rural-urban migration in China, using the Universal Broadband … increased rural-urban migration. Effects were strongest in villages with initially low migrant populations, locations closer to … information, rather than enhanced e-commerce opportunities, appears to drive these migration decisions. Our findings suggest …
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Together with the rapid growth of the Chinese economy, there has been a growing divide in the earnings of urban and rural residents. In this paper we focus on China's household registration system, or "hukou", as a potential source of the earnings gap. Using multiple waves of data from the...
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, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions … can be drawn from. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents and poverty of …
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