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Searching with a thematic focus on Migration, Poverty in China

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    Migration and land rental as risk response in rural China

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Households in developing countries take various actions to smooth income or consumption as a means of managing or responding to risk. This paper examines migration and land rental market participation as responses to risk in rural China.
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    The challenges of a changing population in Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Following current trends, Asia’s population will grow by 757 million people to reach 4.3 billion by 2025. This growing population will be unevenly distributed across Asia’s three regions: South-Asia, South-East Asia and East Asia. This has implications for the environment, education, the role of women and social security.
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    What brings rural migrants to coastal areas of China?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    It is a popular notion that China has an unlimited labour supply. However, coastal cities of China suffer from labour shortages because rural migrants go elsewhere. The opinions of migrant workers have received less attention than those of employers and local government officials. Why do they leave home? What influences their decisions on where to go?