Using newly developed econometric techniques, Pedroni and Yao (2006) show that China has been experiencing regional income divergence since the Reform Period, and that traditional explanations explaining divergence are insufficient. This paper considers the role of labor mobility in the context of endogenous growth with positive externalities to human capital. Using provincial level data on inc...

The aim of this paper, is to study the immigrant’s characteristics in provinces of Iran, during 2006-2011. Research methods, is secondary analysis and data mostly taken from census 2011. In this period, 5534666 person, leave their home and are living in a place other than their previous residence. The results show the proportion of migrants to population is 76 person in the period. 56 ...

Since the 1990s, inter-provincial female migration for marriage has become important in central and eastern rural China. Using survey data from X County in rural Anhui Province, we explore the arrangement of inter-provincial marriages, as well as the characteristics of husbands and wives, marital satisfaction and marital stability for these marriages. We find that inter-provincial marriage is a...

Internal migration has several policy implications for economic growth and development for developing countries in general and for the fast growing low-income country of Vietnam in particular. Little research has been done, however, on inter-provincial migration in Vietnam. This study makes two major contributions to the migration and development literature in terms of the datasets and policy-r...

We adapted the chord diagram plot to visualize China’s recent inter-provincial migration during2010–2015. The arrowheads were added to present the direction of the flows. This method allows us to show the complete migration flows between 31 provinces in China including the direction and volume of the flows. The spatial component was also clearly depicted in the plot using four color palates rep...

Migration and Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms between wage growth in provincial capital cities and initial...

Abstract The inter-provincial migration patterns of family physicians in Canada show that some provinces like Newfoundland and saskatchewan experience persistent net out-migration, while others, including Ontario and British Columbia, are destinations more often than origins of migrants. Governments in provinces exhibiting net out-migration have responded with a number of incentive and recruitm...