The Great Migration

Edited by Xin Meng (), Chris Manning, Shi Li () and Tadjuddin Nur Effendi

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Abstract: This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Social Policy and Sociology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781848446441
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Great Migration in China and Indonesia: Trends and Institutions

Xin Meng and Chris Manning

Ch 2 Why Don’t More Chinese Migrate from the Countryside? Institutional Constraints and the Migration Decision

Leng Lee and Xin Meng

Ch 3 Jobs, Working Hours and Remuneration Packages for Migrant and Urban Workers

Paul Frijters, Leng Lee and Xin Meng

Ch 4 Wage Structures and Inequality Among Local and Migrant Workers in Urban China

Deng Quheng and Shi Li

Ch 5 The Educational and Health Outcomes of the Children of Migrants

Tao Sherry Kong and Xin Meng

Ch 6 Rural–Urban Migration and Poverty in China

Chuliang Luo and Ximing Yue

Ch 7 Rural–Urban Migration in China: Survey Design and Implementation

Tao Sherry Kong

Ch 8 Assessing the Welfare of Migrant and Non-migrant Households in Four Indonesian Cities: Some Demographic, Social and Employment Characteristics

Tadjuddin Noer Effendi, . Mujiyani, Fina Itriyati, Danang Arif Darmawan and Derajad S. Widhyharto

Ch 9 The Socio-economic and Health Status of Rural–Urban Migrants in Indonesia

Budy Resosudarmo, Asep Suryahadi, Raden Purnagunawan, Athia Yumna and Asri Yusrina

Ch 10 Making It in the City: Recent and Long-term Migrants in the Urban Labour Market in Indonesia

Armida Alisjahbana and Chris Manning

Ch 11 Rural–Urban Migration in Indonesia: Survey Design and Implementation

Budy Resosudarmo, Chikako Yamauchi and Tadjuddin Noer Effendi

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