While much has been written about rural migrant workers' experiences in the big cities,
population movements into China's vast network of towns and small cities has been largely …

A new understanding of rural-urban migration and inequality in contemporary China Many of
the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find …

The rural migrant worker population in China is attracting more and more attention because
of its magnitude and potential economic and social impact on Chinese society. While …

In the past decades, urban villages proliferate in major cities of China. These marginalised
places not only are home to many local villagers, but also host millions of rural migrants …

My dissertation analyzes the institutional mechanisms that cause the persistence of class
and status inequalities between rural migrants and urban residents in postsocialist …

Since mainland China started its economic reform and adopted an open-door policy in
1978, there has been a huge influx of labour from rural areas into the coastal cities …

Internal migrants in China arrive in cities in search of better employment, higher earnings,
and, for some, better opportunities for social mobility opened up by market reform. While a …

Focusing on peasant workers, or domestic migrant labour–this article aims to address the
issue of social exclusion in urban China. The first section provides, an overview of migration …

The Chinese economy has enjoyed unprecedented growth rates averaging around 10 per
cent over the last three decades. By 2005 it had become the world's fourth largest economy …

Examines the recent history of rural-urban labour migration in China in the process of its
rapid socioeconomic transformation. It looks at the trends and patterns of this internal …