Migration, Urbanization and City Growth in China

Nong Zhu, Xubei Luo and Heng-Fu Zou ()

No 545, CEMA Working Papers from China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Abstract: Migration and urbanization have transformed the Chinese economy and society in the past 25 years. This paper intends to explore the determinants of population flows and city growth using a panel data at the provincial level in China. The main findings are: (i) regional disparities of urbanization in China, in particular those between coastal and inland areas, are very significant; (ii) the open-door policy has encouraged urban development in China; (iii) the population of small and medium size cities grows faster than that of large cities; (iv) the role of the secondary and tertiary sectors differs from region to region. In central China, the secondary sector actually serves as the push factor for local urbanization; and in coastal region, however, it is the development of the tertiary sector that pushes urbanization; and (iv) the labor force tends to move to cities with good infrastructures.

Keywords: regional disparities; migration; urbanization; city growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 O18 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2012
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-mig, nep-tra and nep-ure
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