The RUMiC longitudinal survey: fostering research on labor markets in China

Akgüç, Mehtap; Giulietti, Corrado; Zimmermann, Klaus F.

doi:10.1186/2193-9020-3-5

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“…Akgüç et al, 2014;Kong, 2010;Meng et al, 2010aMeng et al, , 2010b. The RUMiC survey interviewed 8446 and 5426 different rural-urban migrants in the two rounds of investigations, respectively.…”

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The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

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A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords:Physical health Mental health Urban-settlement intention Rural-urban migrant China A B S T R A C T Previous studies have not paid enough attention to the effect of health on urban-settlement intention of ruralurban migrants in China. Using survey data from the Rural Urban Migration in China project, this article examines how self-rated physical and mental health influence rural-urban migrants' intention to settle down in cities. First, the results show that both self-rated physical and mental health are significant factors influencing the migrants' intention to permanently move to cities. Second, the effect of physical health on rural-urban migrants' intentions to permanently reside in cities can be moderated by their length of urban residence. Third, the impact of health on rural-urban migrants' urban-settlement intention shows no generational differences. According to the research findings, this paper discusses how urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants based on health selection might impair urbanization, exacerbate health disparity between the rural and urban areas, and aggravate the burden on healthcare system in rural areas of China in the long run.

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The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

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“…Our analysis is based on data extracted from the Rural Household Survey, or RHS, of the RUMiC database (Akgüç et al, 2014a households in rural areas. It includes comprehensive and rich information on household and personal characteristics.…”

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“…Do they migrate as a result of their tolerance for risk or does migrating change their level of risk-aversion? We are able to answer these questions by using the rural sample of the Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC; see Akgüç et al, 2014a). This dataset has rich information about demographic, socio-economic and psychological characteristics of household members, including questions on risk aversion.…”

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Risk attitudes and migration

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Liu

Tani

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China Economic Review

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“…The dataset has rich information about demographic and socio-economic characteristics of household members, including questions on physical and mental 3 For an extensive description of RUMiC, see Akgüc et al (2014). 4 The global economic crisis has affected both migration and return decisions.…”

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Remittances and relative concerns in rural China

Akay

Bargain

Giulietti³

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China Economic Review

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The paper investigates the impact of remittances on the relative concerns of households in rural China. Using the Rural to Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) dataset we estimate a series of well-being functions to simultaneously explore the relative concerns with respect to income and remittances. Our results show that although rural households experience substantial utility loss due to income comparisons, they gain utility by comparing their remittances with those received by their reference group. In other words, we find evidence of a "status-effect" with respect to income and of a "signal-effect" with respect to remittances. The magnitudes of these two opposite effects are very similar, implying that the utility reduction due to relative income is compensated by the utility gain due to relative remittances. This finding is robust to various specifications, controlling for the endogeneity of remittances and selective migration, as well as a measure of current migrants' net remittances calculated using counterfactual income and expenditures.

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The RUMiC longitudinal survey: fostering research on labor markets in China

Cited by 56 publications

References 14 publications

The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

Risk attitudes and migration

Remittances and relative concerns in rural China

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