Where Are Migrants from? Inter- vs. Intra-Provincial Rural-Urban Migration in China
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- Su, Yaqin & Tesfazion, Petros & Zhao, Zhong, 2018. "Where are the migrants from? Inter- vs. intra-provincial rural-urban migration in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 142-155.
- Su, Yaqin & Tesfazion, Petros & Zhao, Zhong, 2017. "Where Are Migrants from? Inter- vs. Intra-Provincial Rural-Urban Migration in China," IZA Discussion Papers 11029, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Yaqin Su & Petros Tesfazion & Zhong Zhao, 2018. "Where Are Migrants From? Inter- vs. Intra-Provincial Rural-Urban Migration in China," Working Papers 2018-003, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
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Keywords
Rural-urban migration; Inter- vs. intra-provincial migration; Border effect; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2017-09-24 (China)
- NEP-CSE-2017-09-24 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-MIG-2017-09-24 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-TRA-2017-09-24 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-09-24 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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