City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China
This study investigates the effects of city size and administrative rank on rural–urban migration in China and examines the factors that influence the city size effect. We focus on unemployed while job-seeking migrants. Using data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey for 2016 and 2017, we find tha...
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| description | This study investigates the effects of city size and administrative rank on rural–urban migration in China and examines the factors that influence the city size effect. We focus on unemployed while job-seeking migrants. Using data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey for 2016 and 2017, we find that city size and administrative rank positively influence the destination of rural–urban migrants. Furthermore, we conclude that individual characteristics and home province features influence the city size effect. Young, unmarried, educated, and first-time migrants tend to choose big cities. Migrants from provinces without a primate city tend to move across provincial boundaries, implying that big cities are destinations. Moreover, the city size effect positively correlates with urban concentration and urbanization. Finally, we noted that first-time migrants tend to select a big city to migrate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-311ea2566f3943838f6b5812d9b5740a2024-02-27T04:19:49ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Management2226-58562024-03-01131315City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in ChinaChengri Ding0Mingsheng Wang1Zhongxing Guo2Ning Chen3Urban Studies and Planning Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA; Urban Development Research Center & School of Public Administration, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PR ChinaSchool of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, PR ChinaSchool of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, PR China; Corresponding author.School of Public Administration, Zhengzhou, PR ChinaThis study investigates the effects of city size and administrative rank on rural–urban migration in China and examines the factors that influence the city size effect. We focus on unemployed while job-seeking migrants. Using data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey for 2016 and 2017, we find that city size and administrative rank positively influence the destination of rural–urban migrants. Furthermore, we conclude that individual characteristics and home province features influence the city size effect. Young, unmarried, educated, and first-time migrants tend to choose big cities. Migrants from provinces without a primate city tend to move across provincial boundaries, implying that big cities are destinations. Moreover, the city size effect positively correlates with urban concentration and urbanization. Finally, we noted that first-time migrants tend to select a big city to migrate.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585623000936City sizeCity administrative rankRural–urban migrationSpatial pattern |
| spellingShingle | Chengri Ding Mingsheng Wang Zhongxing Guo Ning Chen City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China Journal of Urban Management City size City administrative rank Rural–urban migration Spatial pattern |
| title | City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China |
| title_full | City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China |
| title_fullStr | City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China |
| title_short | City size, administrative rank, and Rural–Urban migration in China |
| title_sort | city size administrative rank and rural urban migration in china |
| topic | City size City administrative rank Rural–urban migration Spatial pattern |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585623000936 |
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