This paper reviews economic studies on rural-urban migration issues in China. The review focuses on three issues: firstly, the explanations for the rural to urban migration, secondly, the interaction between migration and labor market evolution, with special attention to labor market segregation, labor market flexibility and wage differentials, and lastly suggestions for further research topics.

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As well as gaining a deeper understanding of the changes that we make, we need to know more about exactly what it is we are trying to preserve. What characteristics, attributes, essential elements, significant properties – many terms are used – of digital materials do we seek to retain access to? What is the ‘essence’ of digital materials? Whereas this question was a simple one to answer in the...

Department of Defense· contractors must be established for ASTIA services, or have their " need-to-know" certified by the cognizant military agency of their project or contract.

It is generally acknowledged that successful school leaders in C 21st need to know how to lead their schools as well as to manage them. Most will face the challenge of needing to lead their organisations to modify their core professional activity in specific ways. These may include reorienting the focus of their curriculum, modifying curriculum provision in key areas, improving student outcomes...

Today, commercialization, or “going to market” (Friedman, 2002), is particularly challenging, especially given the pressure to do it quickly. Indeed, it has been claimed that the need for speed in development and speed in going to market have a tremendous impact on the dynamics of technology transfer and is the most important driver of change, which means that a firm’s ability to develop and ma...