Fertility responses to the relaxation of migration restrictions: Evidence from the Hukou reform in China

Xiaoqi Dong, Yinhe Liang and Jiawei Zhang

China Economic Review, 2023, vol. 81, issue C

Abstract: This study examines the impact of a relaxation of internal migration restrictions on internal migrants' fertility in China. Exploiting the variation in the city-by-city rollout of the Hukou reform after 2014, we find that lifting barriers to local citizenship significantly increases fertility among unregistered migrants, and the positive effect mainly appears in second-child births. An investigation of potential mechanisms suggests that the Hukou reform is associated with improved access to public services, better integration into the host society, and a significant increase in intermarriages with locals.

Keywords: Internal migration restrictions; Hukou reform; Fertility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2023.102040

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