This paper deals with the impact of internal migration flows on the earnings of male workers. The availability of jobs and income levels in sending and receiving areas also influence internal population flows. Thus, migration is an endogenous variable that cannot be simply introduced as an exogenous variable when estimating labour outcomes. A methodological approach is developed to introduce mi...

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This paper aims to interpret the evolution of migration within and from Morocco over the twentieth century from a combination of theoretical perspectives defined as “transitional migration theory”. Colonization and incorporation of rural areas, along with a certain level of development, have spurred internal and international wage labor migration within and from Morocco to Europe. Migration see...

This paper provides a history of the early contributions to the scientific study of migration. We begin with Ravenstein (1880s) and also feature the work of D.S. Thomas (1930s). Moreover, the development of the gravity model as applied to migration research (1930s and 1940s) is discussed. We discuss the historical reasons for interest in various migration phenomena, and we briefly treat the dev...

The migration literature has identified various feedback mechanisms which explain why, once started, migration processes tend to become partly self‐perpetuating, leading to the formation of migrant networks and migration systems. However, existing theories on the internal dynamics of migration processes are characterised by three fundamental weaknesses. First, their focus on migrant networks co...

Filling a gap left by previous literature, this paper finds that many macroeconomic “puzzles” exhibited by the Chinese economy can be explained (at least partially) by the evolution of China’s internal-migration policies. Such policies not only have a profound impact on China’s labor market conditions, but also explain many Chinaspecific phenomena such as its rising saving rate, persistent and ...

BACKGROUND China had 236 million internal migrants in 2012 and the majority of them migrated from rural to urban areas. The research based on medical and epidemical records found that the migrants had worse health than the urban residents, but the household and working place investigations reported better health status. The sick or unhealthy migrants are likely to return to their hometowns, whi...