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Patterns of temporary labour migration of rural women from Anhu / Roberts, Kenneth; Connelly, Rachel; Xie, Zhenming; Zheng, Zhenzhen

Jul 2004

Roberts, Kenneth	Journal Article
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July 2004.

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Migration ; China ; Women ; Labour Migration ; Sichuan ; Anhui ;
Women-Rural

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ID: 110073

Role of children in the migration decisions of rural Chinese wo / Connelly, Rachel; Roberts, Kenneth; Zheng, Zhenzhen

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2012.

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This paper investigates the role that children play in the migration decisions of Chinese women. The presence of children of various ages is hypothesized to affect the timing of migration, the length of migration, and the nature of migration in terms of who goes along. In addition, we also investigate whether the sex of the children affects migration decisions. Results indicate that whether one's husband ever migrated has a positive effect on migrating before childbirth. Return timing is strongly linked to the age of the child. Many mothers return to rural areas around the time that the child begins formal schooling. We also find that women who have given birth to a boy are significantly less likely to migrate after childbirth but more likely to take the boy with her if she does migrate.

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Migration ; China ; Rural Chinese Women ; Migration Decisions ; Chinese Women

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ID: 107485

Settlement of rural migrants in urban China: some of China's migrants are not 'floating' anymore / Connelly, Rachel; Roberts, Kenneth; Zheng, Zhenzhen

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2011.

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This paper considers economic models of migration in the context of current Chinese migration. We argue that using formally changing one's household registration (hukou) location is too narrow a definition of settlement for policy purposes. Instead we show that time in the city and co-residence with spouses and separately with children reveals systematic settlement behavior on the part of a subset of migrants. The empirical evidence offered is largely descriptive but shows that those migrants who were younger at the age of migration, who are currently married and self-employed spend more years in the city. Men who have been in the city longer and are self-employed are much more likely to be co-residing with their wife. Self-employment is also a predictor of co-residence with children for both mothers and fathers.

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Migration ; Urbanization ; Settlement ; Urban China ; Rural Migrants ; Circular Migration ;
Permanent Migration

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