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Circular migration, or permanent stay? evidence from China's rural–urban migration / Hu, Feng; Xu, Zhaoyuan; Chen, Yuyu

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2011.

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Although there is a rich literature on internal temporary migration in China, few existing studies deal with the permanent migration decision of China's rural labor. This paper will fill this gap and deal with the permanent migration choice made by rural migrants with the China General Social Survey (CGSS) data. Our results show that compared with their circular counterparts, permanent migrants tend to stay within the home provinces and are more likely to have stable jobs and earn high incomes and thus are more adapted to urban lives. We also find that more educated and more experienced migrants tend to be permanent urban residents, while the relationship of age and the probability of permanent migration is inverse U-shaped. Due to the restrictions of the current hukou system and the lack of rural land rental market, those people with more children and more land at home are more likely to migrate circularly rather than permanently.

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China ; Sample Selection ; Rural - Urban Migration ; Circular Migration ; Permanent Migration

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Migration experience of village leaders and local economic deve: evidence from rural China / Hu, Feng; Wu, Sanmang

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2012.

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This paper examines the impact of migration experience of village leaders on local economic development, based on the village-level data of the 2005 China General Social Survey. Our results show that the human capital of village leaders accumulated during the migration period has had a positive effect on per capita net income and per capita non-agricultural income in rural China. The migration experience of village leaders also plays a positive role in entrepreneurial activities in rural regions. From a policy perspective, these findings call attention to the importance of harnessing potential benefits of return migration to local economic development in rural China.

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Migration ; China ; Entrepreneurship ; Rural Economy ; Village Leader

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