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CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
Volume 47, Issue -, Pages 142-155Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.004
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Rural-urban migration; Inter- vs. intra-provincial migration; Border effect; China
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- Renmin University of China: the special developing and guiding fund for building world-class universities (disciplines) Project [16XNL005]
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Using a representative sample of rural migrants in cities, this paper investigates where the migrants in urban China come from, paying close attention to intra-provincial vs. inter-provincial migrants, and examining the differences in their personal attributes. We find that migrants who have come from within the province differ significantly from those who have come from outside of the province. Using a nested logit model, we find that overall, higher wage differentials, larger population size, higher GDP per capita, and faster employment growth rate are the attributes of a city that attract rural-to-urban migrants. In addition, moving beyond one's home province has a strong deterrent effect on migration, analogous to the border effect identified in international migration studies. We also explore the role of culture, institutional barriers, and dialect in explaining such a pronounced border effect.
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