Following the reform and opening up of China, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region became a
center of foreign investment due to its comparative advantages of cheap labor costs and low …

The rural urban income gap in China ranks as one of the largest in the world. This
imbalanced rural urban relationship and the associated socioeconomic disparity have …

Rural in situ urbanization (RISU) indicates that rural settlements transfer into urban land
within the original rural settlements area from the perspective of land use. A quantitative …

The assessment of the spatial and temporal variations in the relationship between rural
hollowing and urbanization is necessary for policy-making related to coordinating urban …

Based on a large, nationwide, household-level survey data set collected in 2014, this article
investigates the effect of economic incentives on the destination choices of Chinese new …

Fertility differentials across countries drive global migration. Despite a vibrant research
agenda on the demographic forces behind international migration, little empirical research …

For a long time, the majority of China, which has the world's largest population, has been
immobile and lived in rural areas. However, over recent decades, with the economic rise of …

Despite the increased focus on housing choices among rural–urban migrants in China,
there is a lack of studies on city size and housing purchase preferences. In this paper, we …

The slow growth of the permanently settled migrants in host cities poses new challenges for
the sustainability of China's future urbanization. Given the growing importance of …

This paper used a bootstrapped linear regression model to examine the role of amenities
and economic opportunities in migration patterns in China based on the 2010 census at the …