To Float or Not to Float? Internal Migration of Skilled Laborers in China

Yanqiao Zheng, Xiaoqi Zhang, Qiwen Dai and Xing Zhang
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Yanqiao Zheng: Department of Finance, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Xiaoqi Zhang: National School of Development, Southeast University, Nanjing 210000, China
Qiwen Dai: School of Economics & Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
Xing Zhang: Finance Department, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: This paper uses data from job-recruiting platforms to study the distribution patterns and migration destination choices of a skilled internal migrant population. We find that, in most first-tier cities and most emerging second-tier cities, more than half of the skilled jobseekers do not hold local household registration. The most important finding of this paper is the heterogeneity of attributes prioritizations between intra- and inter- provincial migrants. Intra-provincial skilled migrants put more value on employment opportunities than on amenity attributes, while their inter-provincial counterparts prioritize amenity over employment aspects.

Keywords: internal migration; skilled laborers; location choices; amenity; population redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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