Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?

Björn Anders Gustafsson () and Xiuna Yang ()
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Björn Anders Gustafsson: Göteborg University
Xiuna Yang: China Development Research Foundation

No 9018, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study uses China's Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyse the extent migration behaviour among 14 large ethnic minority groups and the Han majority. Results show that the probability to migrate to all types of destinations varies by province of origin, decreases by age, and in most cases, by expected income at the origin. Furthermore the probability to migrate is found to typically increase by length of education and decrease for females by the number of children. In most cases investigated, a minority ethnicity reduces migration probabilities for people registered in rural China. This is particularly the case for persons belonging to the Uyghur and Tibetan ethnic groups, but also for the Mongolian, Bai, Yao and Tujia groups. In contrast, Korean and Hui have a higher probability of migration than the majority. For people with an urban hukou there are fewer examples that minority ethnicity affects probability to migrate.

Keywords: China; ethnic minorities; Uighur; Tibetan; Korean; Hui (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J61 J7 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2015-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-lma, nep-mig and nep-tra
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Published - published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 44-69

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