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Migration in the People's Republic of China A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran Working Paper Migration in the People's Republic of China ADBI Working Paper, No. 593 Provided in Cooperation with: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo Suggested Citation: Lu, Ming; Xia, Yiran (2016) : Migration in the People's Republic of China, ADBI Working Paper, No. 593, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/161469 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms. Working papers are subject to formal revision and correction before they are finalized and considered published. The Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change. ADBI’s working papers reflect initial ideas on a topic and are posted online for discussion. ADBI encourages readers to post their comments on the main page for each working paper (given in the citation below). Some working papers may develop into other forms of publication. Suggested citation: Lu, M., and Y. Xia. 2016. Migration in the People’s Republic of China. ADBI Working Paper 593. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute. Available: https://www.adb.org/publications/migration-people-republic-china/ Please contact the authors for information about this paper. Email: [email protected], [email protected] Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6008, Japan Tel: +81-3-3593-5500 Fax: +81-3-3593-5571 URL: www.adbi.org E-mail: [email protected] © 2016 Asian Development Bank Institute ADBI Working Paper 593 Lu and Xia Abstract This report summarizes the characteristics of migration in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) after its reforms and opening up. Rapid urbanization in the PRC has resulted from recent decades of intense rural–urban migration. The scale of migration increased rapidly and long-term migration is the main characteristic. The population characteristics of migration are determined not only by a personal decision, but also a joint decision within households to send members with comparative advantages in manufacturing and services, usually male and young, to work in cities. Coastal regions where manufacturing and services are better developed, especially big cities, are the major destinations. The aspiration for higher-income and better job opportunities is the major force that drives migration, while public services and urban amenities also partly account for population flows. However, in the PRC, there are still major institutional barriers—especially the hukou system and related segmentation in the urban labor market, social security, and public services access—that hinder rural–urban and interregional migration. Facing the challenges of fast urbanization and growing urban diseases, local governments still rely on the current system to control the population flow into large cities. Controlling population growth by discriminative policies will lead to more social problems. Policy makers should reconsider the way to achieve efficient and harmonious urbanization by shifting to more pro-market policies and reducing the migration costs embedded in institutional constraints. JEL Classification: J61, P25, R23 ADBI Working Paper 593 Lu and Xia Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 2. Institutions ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Employment .................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Social Security ................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Public Services ................................................................................................ 6 3. Profile of Migration in the People’s Republic of China ................................................. 7 3.1 Scale and Trend .............................................................................................. 7 3.2 Population Structure of Migrants ..................................................................... 8 3.3 Long- or Short-Term Migration ...................................................................... 11 3.4 Migration with Families .................................................................................. 11 3.5 Flow of Migration ........................................................................................... 11 3.6 Determinants of Migration ............................................................................. 15 3.7 Migration and Natural Growth of Population .................................................. 20 4. Urbanization and Employment .................................................................................. 20 4.1 Employment Growth in Urban Areas ............................................................. 20 4.2 Urbanization and Employment Structure of Migrants .................................... 21 4.3 Urbanization and Informalization ................................................................... 23 4.4 City Scale and Job Creation .......................................................................... 25 5. Urban Segmentation and Market Integration ............................................................. 25 5.1 Labor Market Segmentation .......................................................................... 25 5.2 Social Segmentation ..................................................................................... 27 5.3 Residential Segregation ................................................................................ 28 6. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations ................................................................ 29 References ............................................................................................................................ 30 Appendix: Effects of City Characteristics on Labor Migration ............................................... 35 ADBI Working Paper 593 Lu and Xia 1. INTRODUCTION The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been experiencing rapid urbanization for the past few decades. Its urban population accounted for only 20.91% of its total population in 1982, but this increased to 52.6% in 2012.1 According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (2013), 236 million people live in a place where they do not have a local hukou,2 and the majority of these people are rural–urban migrants. Whether urban economic growth creates jobs for migrants and allows them to become permanent residents in cities depends on various institutional constraints. Labor migration in the PRC, like anywhere else in the world, is the result of rational decision making by individuals or households after weighing costs and benefits. Comprehending this decision making is the key to understanding the phenomenon of migration. This working paper begins with an examination of the institutions related to rural–urban migration. Personal, household, and destination characteristics of migration are then summarized; the third section analyzes the relationship between urbanization and migrant employment. The findings of studies on segmentation and integration in urban societies are then noted. 2. INSTITUTIONS Before its reforms and opening up, the PRC adopted a “scissors-gap” system that depressed the relative price of agricultural goods and boosted the relative price of industrial goods to achieve capital accumulation in the industrial sector
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