The Long-term Effects of Migration Within China

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.096How to use a DOI?

Keywords

migration; urbanization; Hukou system; remittances; the left-behind

Abstract

China has had considerable economic growth over the decades with the rapid increase of the population, especially in those big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and so on. Since China’s implementation of the reform and opening policy in 1978, more and more people were attracted by metropolises and chose to migrate to those cities to seek better wages and personal development. As a result, urban-rural migration has become more and more popular, which has had a significant impact. This paper will focus on the effects of internal mobility in China and its influences on economic growth. We will mainly study the long-term effect of population mobility (urban-to-rural) by figuring out how factors like the empty nest and aging population, the hukou system, education, and remittances will be influenced by urban-rural migration. In addition, we will compare the differences between domestic and foreign cases in terms of the migration issue. From our perspective, migration from rural to urban areas in China will generate positive effects in the short term, while in the long term, the results stay elusive.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shuxuan Song
AU  - Ningyue Sun
AU  - Xingyi Yu
AU  - Xinyi Li
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/26
TI  - The Long-term Effects of Migration Within China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 591
EP  - 601
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.096
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.096
ID  - Song2022
ER  -