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Migration in Towns in China, a Tale of Three Provinces : Evidence from Preliminary Tabulations of the 2000 Census

dc.contributor.author Shi, Anqing
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-21T20:39:39Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-21T20:39:39Z
dc.date.issued 2006-04
dc.description.abstract There is a concern that the growth of towns in China has been stalled recently and with it, the creation of nonfarm jobs in rural industries. The author uses the 2000 census tabulations to look at this issue by examining in-migration in towns in three provinces in China-Zhejiang, Henan, and Sichuan-their educational attainment, original place, and occupational composition. In addition to the diversified patterns of town in-migrants revealed in the three provinces, the author finds that town in-migrants generally possess a higher level of educational attainment than the local population in towns, especially in the less developed western and central regions. This inflow of human capital could foster development in towns. There is also evidence that as economic opportunity increases in towns, such as in richer coastal province of Zhejiang, better educated people in rural areas are likely to shift their jobs from the farm to the nonfarm sector in towns nearby, instead of leaving the countryside to migrate to other provinces. This could reduce migration pressure on big cities. Finally, the labor market in towns in the less developed west and central regions is more flexible in accommodating in-migrants, whereas in the developed province of Zhejiang the labor market is segregated between migrants and the local population. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6731254/migration-towns-china-tale-three-provinces-evidence-preliminary-tabulations-2000-census
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8718
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3890
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGE COMPOSITION
dc.subject AGE GROUP
dc.subject AGE GROUPS
dc.subject AUXILIARY WORKERS
dc.subject CITIES
dc.subject CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC INSECURITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject JOBS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MIGRATION
dc.subject LABOR OFFICE
dc.subject LABORERS
dc.subject LARGE CITIES
dc.subject LOCAL POPULATION
dc.subject MEDIUM TOWNS
dc.subject MIGRANTS
dc.subject MIGRATION
dc.subject MIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject MIGRATIONS
dc.subject NON-FARM SECTOR
dc.subject OCCUPATION
dc.subject OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRODUCT CYCLES
dc.subject PRODUCTION WORKER
dc.subject PRODUCTION WORKERS
dc.subject RESETTLEMENT
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject RURAL INDUSTRIES
dc.subject RURAL LABOR
dc.subject RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject RURAL TOWNS
dc.subject RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subject SERVICE SECTOR
dc.subject SKILLED LABOR
dc.subject SMALL CITIES
dc.subject SMALL TOWNS
dc.subject TOWN
dc.subject TOWNS
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject VILLAGES
dc.subject VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
dc.subject WORKING CONDITIONS
dc.title Migration in Towns in China, a Tale of Three Provinces : Evidence from Preliminary Tabulations of the 2000 Census en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6731254/migration-towns-china-tale-three-provinces-evidence-preliminary-tabulations-2000-census
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3890
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20060417173053
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6731254
okr.identifier.report WPS3890
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country China
okr.topic Culture and Development :: Anthropology
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic Human Migrations and Resettlements
okr.topic Social Development :: Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
okr.topic Communities and Human Settlements
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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