Large City or Small Town: an Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Migration Strategies of Rural Households on Income in China

Jiangsheng Chen and Caixian Cui ()
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Jiangsheng Chen: Northwest A&F University
Caixian Cui: Northwest A&F University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018, vol. 13, issue 1, No 12, 228 pages

Abstract: Abstract It is widely recognized that migration has a great impact on households’ quality of life, and income is an important indicator for evaluating success of a migration (or mobility) strategy. Using data drawn from a family survey conducted in 2014, this paper analyzes the characteristics of four types of rural households: traditional agricultural family (TAF), mobility in a local small town (MST), semi-migrant family (SMF), and migrant in a large city (MLC). We isolated the impact of geographic and occupational mobility on the income of rural families. Findings reveal that there is a preference among rural households to live and work in a small town and that family income has a strong positive correlation with occupational change and family geographic mobility. The locations of family or work are shown to have important effects on family income, and moving to a much less developed city (small town) may be a way to increase income in an impoverished household.

Keywords: Urbanization; Occupational change; Geographic mobility; Rural labor force; Quality of life; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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