The changing trends of internal migration and urbanization in China: new evidence from the seventh National Population Census

Cheng, Mengyao; Duan, Chengrong

doi:10.1007/s42379-021-00093-7

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“…The Seventh National Population Census revealed new trends of internal migration in China with a marked increase in the urban-to-urban migrant population ( 4 , 15 ). Yang and Xie ( 23 ) compared the preschool experiences of urban-origin migrants and rural-origin migrants drawing on the 2013 National Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey.…”

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“…This warrants concern as it has been demonstrated that urban left-behind children are also disadvantaged in academic performance and mental health ( 13 , 14 ) compared to urban local children. However, a limitation of the existing studies in China is the tendency to exclusively focus on rural-to-urban migrant children, leading to a paucity of research on the impact of new internal migration trends ( 15 ), such as urban-to-urban migration and the impact of urban expansion on early learning and development.…”

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Preschool experiences and home learning environments of migrant children in urban China

Gong

Rao²

2023

Front. Public Health

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Internal migration and urban expansion, hallmarks of rapid urbanization in China, have led to an increasing number of children with diverse backgrounds in cities. Cities now include migrants from rural and urban areas, and children from “urban villages” in addition to “urban locals”. Parents of young children who migrate from rural to urban areas leave their children behind in rural areas (“left-behind” children) or take them along with them. In recent years, increasing parental migration from one urban area to another has also led to children being “left-behind” in urban areas. This study examined the preschool experiences and home learning environments of rural-origin migrants, urban-origin migrants, and rural-origin locals in comparison to urban locals, leveraging data from the nationally representative China Family Panel Studies (2012–2018) with 2,446 3- to 5-year-olds residing in urban areas. Regression model results indicated that children living in cities who held a rural household registration certificate (hukou) were less likely to attend publically funded preschools and experienced less stimulating home learning environments than urban local children. After controlling for family characteristics (i) rural-origin locals remained less likely to participate in preschool and experienced fewer home learning activities than urban locals; and (ii) there were no differences in preschool experiences and home learning environments between rural-origin migrants and urban locals. Mediation analyses suggested that the relation between hukou status and the home learning environment was mediated by parental absence. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Preschool experiences and home learning environments of migrant children in urban China

Gong

Rao²

2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Contemporary urban China has been described as a ‘Migrating China’ (Cheng & Duan, 2021). Chinese migrants have long endured severe human‐place issues and unhappiness due to their disadvantaged socioeconomic status (SES) (Liu, Wang, et al, 2019), poor living conditions (Chen & Chen, 2015), and spatial and cultural displacement (Li & Rose, 2017).…”

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How does the neighbourhood environment influence migrants' subjective well‐being in urban China?

Cheng,

Su,

2023

Population Space and Place

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This study investigates the role of sense of place (SoP) in the relationship between the neighbourhood environment (NE) and subjective well‐being (SWB), focusing on Chinese migrants who face spatial and cultural displacement. Beyond previous research, we further consider the influence of residential length. Surveying 716 migrants in Wuhan in 2018, we explore the dynamic place mechanisms underlying the association between the NE and SWB. Our findings reveal that the physical and social aspects of the NE, particularly walkability and social integration, significantly impact migrants' SWB. Moreover, SoP mediates the relationship between the NE and SWB, highlighting the social production function of people and places in communities. Long‐term residence does not directly affect migrants' SWB, yet just indirectly influence SWB through SoP. This underscores the ongoing pertinence and significance of SoP, connecting residential stability to positive social implications. This study concludes that the place mechanism underlying the association between the NE and migrants' SWB operates both through migrants' emotional connections to a specific place (SoP) and the reinforcement of place experience resulting from a longer duration of residence. To establish inclusive communities, we propose planning and governance measures that enhance space quality, empower neighbourhoods to foster SoP, strengthen residential stability, and improve migrants' SWB.

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“…In addition to obtaining better job opportunities and higher incomes, becoming urban residents is also one of the life goals that most of them strive for. The essence of the urbanization of rural migrants is to gradually allow the rural labor force to transfer to urban employment to enjoy the same basic public service rights as local citizens and to allow them to enjoy the full national treatment as citizens [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]. Tiebout’s “voting with feet” theory was the first to add local public services to the utility model of population migration, arguing that residents “buy” between different regions and choose the region where the combination of public goods and taxation best matches their preferences [ 12 ].…”

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Voting with Your Feet: The Impact of Urban Public Health Service Accessibility on the Permanent Migration Intentions of Rural Migrants in China

Zhao

Song²,

Wang

2022

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The accessibility of urban public health services is not only relevant to the health status of rural migrants but also plays an increasingly important role in their migration decisions. Most existing studies have focused on the effects of the level of public health service provision and parity on rural migrants’ migration behavior, ignoring the role of public health service accessibility. This paper systematically examines the overall impact, heterogeneous impact and mechanism of action of public health service accessibility on rural migrants’ intentions to migrate permanently based on data from the 2017 China Mobile Population Dynamics Monitoring Survey using probit, IVprobit, eprobit, omitted variable test model and KHB mediating effect model. It was found that: (1) public health service accessibility significantly increased rural migrants’ intentions to migrate permanently, and the results remained robust after using instrumental variables to mitigate endogeneity problems and omitted variable tests. (2) Heterogeneity analysis shows that public health service accessibility has a greater effect on enhancing the intentions to migrate permanently among females and rural migrants born in 1980 and later. (3) Further mechanism testing revealed that public health service accessibility could indirectly increase rural migrants’ intentions to migrate permanently by improving health habits, health status, identity, and social integration, with identity playing a greater indirect effect. The findings of this paper not only provide empirical evidence for the existence of Tiebout’s “voting with your feet” mechanism in China but also contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of equalization of public health services in the process of population migration.

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The changing trends of internal migration and urbanization in China: new evidence from the seventh National Population Census

Cited by 56 publications

References 12 publications

Preschool experiences and home learning environments of migrant children in urban China

Preschool experiences and home learning environments of migrant children in urban China

How does the neighbourhood environment influence migrants' subjective well‐being in urban China?

Voting with Your Feet: The Impact of Urban Public Health Service Accessibility on the Permanent Migration Intentions of Rural Migrants in China

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