Rural-Urban Migration for Pediatric Inpatient Care

Urbanization, Rural–urban Migration and Urban Poverty

Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration

This chapter considers the literature on urbanization and migration to cities from rural areas in developing and middle-income countries. The chapter assesses recent patterns, discusses traditional models, addresses more recent models of migration, presents some of the recent findings from the micro-econometric literature, and closes with a discussion of the role of cities in economic growth. C...

Heterogeneous Firms and Rural-urban Migration Heterogeneous Firms and Rural-urban Migration

We construct a general equilibrium model of urban unemployment with a continuum of heterogeneous urban firms producing differentiated products in a monopolistic competitive market. We show that an increase in urban institutionally fixed minimum wage reduces urban aggregate output and each urban firm will experience an output cut proportional to the change in aggregate output. However, such prop...

The Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Familial Elder Care in Rural China

Mass rural-urban migration and population aging are occurring simultaneously at a rapid speed in contemporary China. Tens of millions of rural young laborers have been migrating to urban areas to meet the demand for cheap labor, whereas large numbers of elderly parents (the Chinese baby boomers) are left behind in the impoverished villages. Consequently, adult children are becoming more and mor...

Maternity Nonagricultural Employment, Rural-Urban Migration, Maternal Care and Child Health – Evidence from Rural China

The ratio of women participating in nonagricultural work has increased significantly in rural China since the so-called “Market Economy” was adopted in the 1980s. This phenomenon has had a great impact on family income earning patterns and poverty reduction. However, from the perspective of the woman’s dual identity in the family – income earner and child caregiver – the change in work patterns...