Rural-urban migration is an inherent component of urbanization and economic
development. This paper develops a model of labor migration, focusing on the role of …

We utilize the implementation of the 1986 Compulsory Education Law in China as a natural
experiment to examine the relationship between educational attainment and migrant …

In China, despite the drastic economic transition from a planned system to a market
economy, the influences of the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s organization on firm …

This paper investigates the role of selective migration policies in the self‐selection of
migrants, taking China's specific household registration (hukou) system as a case study. We …

Aging, the one-child policy, and migration have altered Chinese family structure and the
number of empty-nest elders is increasing. Since living without children runs in the opposite …

Finding suitable employment in a city is more challenging for married than unmarried
migrants. This paper provides empirical evidence that the denser and more diversified labor …

The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment decisions
using a two wave panel data set from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated …

This study examines the heterogeneous effect of higher education on intergenerational
mobility of rural and urban residents before and after China's higher education expansion …

This study investigates how growing up as a left-behind child due to parents' labor migration
in China is associated with adolescents' cognitive and socioemotional development, based …

We examine the causal relationship between education and health among migrants using
data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey. Our identification strategy exploits …