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Living condition among China’s rural–urban migrants: recent dynamics and the inland–coastal differential

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  • Geng Niu
  • Guochang Zhao

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Using data from the Rural–Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, this paper evaluates the very recent dynamics of living condition among China’s rural–urban migrants during 2008–2014, scrutinizing in particular the differential between the inland region and the coastal region. Along with their improved economic conditions, housing conditions of migrants have in general improved, although compared to urban locals their disadvantages persist over time. The improvement is especially fast among those migrants residing in the inland region. Multivariate regression results indicate that education, income, place of origin and family composition are important determinants of migrants’ housing conditions. Finally, decomposition analysis suggests that even after controlling for those observable factors, there is still a large inland–coastal differential. Over time, China’s rural–urban migrants are becoming more stable and settled in host cities. The temporary nature of China’s migrants, claimed in many previous studies, might be changing. Updated and regional-specific migrant policies are needed.

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  • Geng Niu & Guochang Zhao, 2018. "Living condition among China’s rural–urban migrants: recent dynamics and the inland–coastal differential," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 476-493, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:33:y:2018:i:3:p:476-493
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1351924
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    1. Yuting Cao & Ran Liu & Wei Qi & Jin Wen, 2020. "Urban Land Regulation and Heterogeneity of Housing Conditions of Inter-Provincial Migrants in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-21, November.
    2. Jin Xie & Yinying Cai & Hang Tang & Yuanqin Liao, 2020. "Housing Wealth Status and Informal Accumulation of Rural Villages at the Rural-Urban Fringe in Shanghai, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-23, August.
    3. Xiaohong Deng & Lei Gong & Yanfang Gao & Xiaoqing Cui & Ke Xu, 2018. "Internal Differentiation within the Rural Migrant Population from the Sustainable Urban Development Perspective: Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Baixue Yu & Geng Niu & Jingjing Ye & Wen‐wen Zhang, 2023. "Human capital agglomeration, institutional barriers, and internal migration in China," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(1), pages 284-303, March.
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    6. Juan Ming & Jiachun Liu & Zicheng Wang, 2020. "Does the Homeownership Gap Between Rural–Urban Migrants and Urban–Urban Migrants in China Vary by Income?," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, November.
    7. Yao Jiang & Huawei Luo & Fan Yang, 2020. "Influences of Migrant Construction Workers’ Environmental Risk Perception on Their Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-18, October.
    8. Yu Chen & Yunxiao Dang & Guanpeng Dong, 2020. "An investigation of migrants’ residential satisfaction in Beijing," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 57(3), pages 563-582, February.
    9. Ying Liu & Rongrong Zhang & Ming Li & Chunshan Zhou, 2020. "What Factors Influence Rural-To-Urban Migrant Peasants to Rent out Their Household Farmland? Evidence from China’s Pearl River Delta," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-19, October.
    10. Yuke He & Geng Niu & Guochang Zhao, 2022. "Parents' pension eligibility and migrant consumption in urban China: Evidence from a quasi‐experiment," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(4), pages 2317-2335, November.

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