Returns to schooling of male migrants in China using instrumental variable (IV) estimation by Li, Shiyu, Lim, Mei Shan, Gan, Belinda Shu Zhen

“…We used data from the 2009 Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) with firstborn and its interaction with age as instruments. …”
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Labour migration and social development in contemporary China by Murphy, R

“…This book examines labour migration in China, focusing on the social dimensions of this phenomenon, as well as on the economic aspects of the migration and development relationship. …”

A Framework for Analyzing the Family Urbanization of China from a “Culture–Institution” Perspective by Leizhou Zhu, Yaping Huang

“…There is a growing number of studies on the phenomenon of urbanization and family migration in China, but there is a lack of corresponding underlying logical constructs to explain the underlying patterns of the phenomenon. …”
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Men stay at home while women move out: new trends of mobility to China amongst Bamenda grassfield women (Cameroon) by Walter Gam Nkwi

“…What accounts for this new wave of migration to China? To what extent does this phenomenon impact on the existing notion of men as breadwinners? …”
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Rural settlement of urban dwellers in China: community integration and spatial restructuring by Nana Zheng, Shengcong Wang, Hengyu Wang, Shuqi Ye

“…This research offers implications for rural talent revitalization mechanisms in the context of urban–rural migration in China.…”
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Associations Between Schemes of Social Insurance and Self-Rated Health Comparison: Evidence From the Employed Migrants in Urban China by Ming Guan, Ming Guan

“…The present study aimed to investigate how social insurance schemes improved SRHC among employed migrants in urban China.Methods: The employed migrants aged 18 and above were selected from the 2009 Rural-Urban Migration in China project. Multiple probit regression models were adopted to identify the determinants of participation of social insurance. …”
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Men stay at home while women move out: new trends of mobility to China amongst Bamenda grassfield women (Cameroon) by Walter Gam Nkwi

“…What accounts for this new wave of migration to China? To what extent does this phenomenon impact on the existing notion of men as breadwinners? …”
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Acculturative Stress of Chinese Rural-To-Urban Migrant Workers: A Qualitative Study. by Bao-Liang Zhong, Tie-Bang Liu, Jian-Xing Huang, Helene H Fung, Sandra S M Chan, Yeates Conwell, Helen F K Chiu

“…This study aimed to explore the forms and contexts of acculturative stress among Chinese migrant workers.Qualitative data were collected from four focus group discussions with 17 Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers and three individual interviews with three medical professionals who provided mental health services for factory-workers in Shenzhen, China.The data in the current study showed that rural-to-urban migrant workers in China had experienced various forms of acculturative stress including difficulties in adapting to the environment, work-related stress, family-related stress, financial hardship, and lack of sense of belonging to cities.Rural-to-urban migration in China is a challenging transition with significant acculturative stress and demands for major adjustments among migrant workers. …”
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CHINESE MIGRANTS IN ITALY: POSITIVE INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE OR A CHALLENGING FACTOR? by K. G. Muratshina, K. M. Tabarintseva-Romanova, Ya. I. Mukhamadiyeva

“…This paper analyses the situation, caused by the growing labour migration from China to Italy. In the beginning of the paper, the authors give a short outline of multiculturalism policy and its specific features in Italy. …”
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Bargaining Power or Specialization? Determinants of Household Decision Making in Chinese Rural Migrant Families by Zicheng Wang, Yun Lou, Yi Zhou

“…The data set from the Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC2008–2010) is employed to explore the determinants of household decision making. …”
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Men stay at home while women move out: new trends of mobility to China amongst Bamenda grassfield women (Cameroon) by Walter Gam Nkwi

“…What accounts for this new wave of migration to China? To what extent does this phenomenon impact on the existing notion of men as breadwinners? …”
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Aging, and separation from children: The health implications of adult migration for elderly parents in rural China by Qian Song

“…<b>Background</b>: Massive rural-to-urban migration in China has profoundly altered the family life of rural older adults, as adult children remain the primary caretakers of their elderly parents. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in the Lue ethnic group of northern Thailand by Suwapat Sathupak, Kamonlak Leecharoenkiat, Jatupol Kampuansai

“…However, the founder effect that occurred during the Lue’s transboundary migration from China to Thailand showed its impact upon different patterns of G6PD distribution among each Lue village.…”
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The significance of house and home in China's rural to urban migration by Ponzini, A

“…With this dissertation, I contribute to research that studies rural to urban migration in China by looking at a social group that has been widely overlooked, i.e. middle-class migrants with rural origins and who are employed in high-end industries of the service sector, and to research that examines class distinction by placing homeownership at the center of class-related hierarchies of privilege. …”

Depression and its correlations with health-risk behaviors and social capital among female migrants working in entertainment venues in China. by Qiaohong Yang, Don Operario, Nickolas Zaller, Wen Huang, Yanyan Dong, Hongbo Zhang

“…OBJECTIVES:Among the dramatic increased internal migration in China in past three decades, a considerable proportion of young females migrated to urban areas and found employment in "entertainment venues", who may be vulnerable to psychological distress. …”
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Empirical Evidence for Impacts of Internal Migration on Vegetation Dynamics in China from 1982 to 2000 by Jingfeng Xiao, Liming Zhou, Jackson W. Lord, Conghe Song

“…We found that the internal migration in China has a statistically significant negative impact on vegetation growth at the provincial scale from 1982 to 2000 even though the overall vegetation abundance increased in China. …”
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Rural-urban migrants’ social mobility in China’s reform era by Wu, Yuling

“…OLS regression and logistic regression models are used in analyzing data of 2009 Rural-Urban Migration in China survey (RUMiC). The findings reveal the different paths to upward social mobility of rural migrants and urban residents; although employment with privileged work unit sector is an effective means for urban residents to obtain high salaries and key fringe benefits, it fails to provide rural migrants an advantage over employees in the private sector in obtaining high incomes and key benefits. …”
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Returns to schooling for urban and migrant workers in China: a detailed investigation by Sakellariou, Christos, Fang, Zheng

“…We use a new data set, the 2009 Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) to estimate returns to schooling in China using instrumental variable (IV) estimation. …”
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Comprehensive insights into the genetic background of Chinese populations using Y chromosome markers by Jienan Li, Feng Song, Min Lang, Mingkun Xie

“…With a high genetic and cultural diversity, human migration in China has always been a hot topic of genetics research. …”
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Does Migration Distance Affect Happiness? Evidence From Internal Migrants in China by Ge Zheng, Dongliang Yang, Dongliang Yang, Jiawei Li, Jiawei Li

“…How will migration distance affect migrants' happiness under the new trend of migration in China? The goal of this paper is to analyze the influence and transmission mechanism of migration distance on happiness of migrant individuals, and the heterogeneity of this effect on urban and rural migrants.MethodsEmploying data of 129,803 observations from the 2012 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we first estimate the effects of migration distance on happiness by the ordinal logistic regression and propensity score matching (PSM) method. …”
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