This article uses a discrete-time multivariate duration model to study poverty transition in rural China between 1989 and 2006. The analysis identifies nonlinear negative duration-dependence for both exit and re-entry rates of poverty. There is significant difference in hazard rates of exit and...

The nationwide reform of the Chinese household registration (hukou) system in 2014 aimed to end the distinction between agricultural and non-agricultural households and convert rural-tourban migrant workers to urban citizens. This study investigates city-level patterns of internal migration...

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...