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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Leaving the Countryside: Rural-to-Urban Migration Decisions in China

  • Yaohui Zhao
American Economic Review
vol. 89, no. 2, May 1999
(pp. 281–286)
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Citation

Zhao, Yaohui. 1999. "Leaving the Countryside: Rural-to-Urban Migration Decisions in China." American Economic Review, 89 (2): 281–286. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.281

JEL Classification

  • O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
  • P23 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
  • R23 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics