Why Don’t More Chinese Migrate from the Countryside? Institutional Constraints and the Migration Decision

Leng Lee, Xin Meng

2013 · 16 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based.