In an age of digitalization, who still refuses to use digital technology? Drawing on nationally-representative Chinese General Social Survey data, this article finds that about half households do not actively the Internet or e-payment systems, despite their ubiquity. This estimates effects socioeconomic resources these technologies’ (non-)use across urban, resident but previously rural, and rur...

BACKGROUND Research on health worker migration in the Irish context has categorized migrant health workers by country or region of training (for example, non-EU nurses or doctors) or recruitment mechanism (for example, actively recruited nurses). This paper applies a new typology of health worker migrants - livelihood, career-oriented, backpacker, commuter, undocumented and returner migrants (E...

THE FAST PACE OF economic growth in China is in no small part attributed to the massive movement of migrant workers from rural to urban areas. It is estimated that in 2014 more than 168 million migrants were living and working in China’s cities (NBSC 2015). In China, as elsewhere, migration imparts significant benefits to individuals through the higher returns to work; it can also have strong a...

The key to advancing urbanization is promote the urban integration of numerous migrant workers. Two stages decision making are involved for workers, including residence (staying in cities) and settlement (transferring hukou into cities). homestead a necessity workers keep their “peasant” status, which will further affect workers’ identification with cities influence towards urbanization. This p...

This article examines the dialogic relationship between emotional reflexivity and regime as it explores ‘the hukou puzzle’ in China. In theory, migrants small- to medium-scale cities can transfer their (household registration) urban areas, yet are unwilling do so practice. Relying on six months’ ethnographic fieldwork 60 in-depth interviews with ethnic migrant performers, this argues that previ...

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...

The prevalence and 14 year incidence of clinical gout and its precursors were investigated in the Polynesian population of Tokelauans living in the Pacific basin, non-migrant Tokelauans living in their isolated atoll homeland being compared with migrant Tokelauans living in urban New Zealand. The age standardised prevalence of gout in Tokelauan men in New Zealand was higher than that in non-mig...

BACKGROUND Internal labour migration is an important and necessary livelihood strategy for millions of individuals and households in India. However, the precarious position of migrant workers within Indian society may have consequences for the health of these individuals. Previous research on the connections between health and labour mobility within India have primarily focused on the negative ...

Large di erences in hourly compensation exist between the natives (urban hukou holders) and rural to urban migrants of the Chinese cities, a third of which cannot be explained by any variation in observable characteristics. This paper attempts to explain the di erences using a Tiebout-esque political economy model of migration in which rents are appropriated from the migrants by the rent-seekin...