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Floating population: migration with(out) family and Chinese economic development

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  • Imbert, Clément
  • Monras, Joan
  • Seror, Marlon
  • Zylberberg, Yanos

Abstract

Migrants around the world leave their spouse or children behind, yet family separation remains absent from standard equilibrium models of migration. We develop and estimate with Chinese data a quantitative spatial model in which rural households choose whether to migrate, which members migrate, and where to migrate. We show that migrant family arrangements respond to economic opportunities for fathers and mothers and adjust to living costs and migration restrictions at destination in a way that magnifies the aggregate productivity gains from rural-urban migration. We also quantify the effects of gender inequality, of housing, and of migration policies on family migration, productivity, and welfare.

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  • Imbert, Clément & Monras, Joan & Seror, Marlon & Zylberberg, Yanos, 2023. "Floating population: migration with(out) family and Chinese economic development," CEPR Discussion Papers 18418, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:18418
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    2. Chen, Zhu & Zhang, Jipeng & Zhou, Kang, 2026. "Endogenous migration restrictions and population aging in China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    3. Bruno Conte, 2022. "Climate Change and Migration: The Case of Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 9948, CESifo.

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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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