City Amenities and Internal Migration: Evidence from Chinese Cities

Wenxiao Wang and Shandre Mugan Thangavelu
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Wenxiao Wang: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu: Sunway University, University of Adelaide

No DP-2024-18, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This paper provides new empirical evidence of city amenities’ role in China’s internal migration using a unique city-level dataset. The results highlight the positive effects of city amenities such as education, public facilities, transportation, environment, and climate conditions in attracting migrant workers to cities. In our study, migrant workers are more likely to move to cities with better education, more public facilities, higher coverage of urban pensions, and a cooler climate with more precipitation. Moreover, they prefer to migrate and live in cities with larger service agglomeration and employment, higher average wages, more job opportunities, and lower house prices.

Keywords: Amenities; Migration; Cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-07-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-env, nep-mig and nep-ure
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