TY - JOUR
T1 - Analyzing In-Migrants and Out-Migrants in Urban China
AU - Xiang, Huali
AU - Yang, Jun
AU - Zhang, Tingpimei
AU - Ye, Xinyue
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41201152, 41329001, 41430637), National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11CRK001), and National Science Foundation of USA (Grant No. 1416509).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41201152, 41329001, 41430637), National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11CRK001), and National Science Foundation of USA (Grant No. 1416509).
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PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Massive urbanization is producing large-scale urban migration in China. Based on the database of the Population Information System of the Health and Family Planning Commission, the spatial characteristics and demographic structural characteristics of migrants have been analyzed at the inter-provincial, intra- provincial and city scales, using Wuhan, China as a case study. A panoramic image of the overall migration in this area has been produced, illustrating that in-migration continues to have a “squeezing” effect on low-skilled jobs with low barriers to entry. There are clear differences between in-migrants and out-migrants; the great majority of in-migrants are fertile women and floating children, and out-migrants have left their children. Moreover, basic public services are insufficient for in-migrants. This paper concludes by presenting a selection of policies to help manage migrants.
AB - Massive urbanization is producing large-scale urban migration in China. Based on the database of the Population Information System of the Health and Family Planning Commission, the spatial characteristics and demographic structural characteristics of migrants have been analyzed at the inter-provincial, intra- provincial and city scales, using Wuhan, China as a case study. A panoramic image of the overall migration in this area has been produced, illustrating that in-migration continues to have a “squeezing” effect on low-skilled jobs with low barriers to entry. There are clear differences between in-migrants and out-migrants; the great majority of in-migrants are fertile women and floating children, and out-migrants have left their children. Moreover, basic public services are insufficient for in-migrants. This paper concludes by presenting a selection of policies to help manage migrants.
KW - China
KW - Demographic structure
KW - Migration
KW - Spatial Characteristics
KW - Wuhan
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U2 - 10.1007/s12061-016-9207-1
DO - 10.1007/s12061-016-9207-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988625134
SN - 1874-463X
VL - 11
SP - 81
EP - 102
JO - Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
JF - Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
IS - 1
ER -