scholarly journals Productivity Gains from Agglomeration and Migration in the People's Republic of China between 2002 and 2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-200
Author(s):  
Pierre-Philippe Combes ◽  
Sylvie Démurger ◽  
Shi Li
Keyword(s):  
Market Access ◽  
City Size ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Rural Migrants ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Productivity Gains

We evaluate the evolution of productivity gains in cities in the People's Republic of China between 2002 and 2013. In 2002, rural migrants exerted a strong positive externality on the earnings of urban residents, which were also higher on average in cities with access to foreign markets through a seaport. In 2007 and 2013, city size (measured in terms of both employment density and land area) was the crucial determinant of productivity. Market access, whether internal or external, played no direct role. Rural migrants still enhanced urban residents’ earnings in 2007 and 2013, though the effect was less than half that in 2002. Urban gains and their evolution over time are very similar on a total and a per hour earnings basis. Finally, skilled workers and females experienced slightly larger gains than unskilled workers and males.

scholarly journals Health Care Expenditure over Life Cycle in the People's Republic of China

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Feng ◽  
Pingyi Lou ◽  
Yangyang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Significant Difference

We use individual level data from eight waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey during 1991–2011 to investigate age profiles of health expenditure for rural and urban residents in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Employing a two-part model, we find that health expenditure of rural residents is averagely 33% lower than that of urban residents and age–expenditure profile is much steeper in urban areas than in rural areas. However, there is no evidence that the health status of the rural elderly is better than that of the urban elderly. The findings imply that health spending of the rural elderly may increase more during the process of rural–urban integration. In addition, we find a significant difference in age–expenditure profiles across time. Compared with expenditure during 1991–2000, the estimated age-expenditure profile becomes steeper during 2004–2011 in both urban and rural areas.

scholarly journals From colonial port to socialist metropolis: imperialist legacies and the making of ‘New Dalian’

Urban History ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN A. HESS
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Political Function ◽  
Local View ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT:This article explores the transformation of the city of Dalian from a colonial export port to an industrialized core city of the Japanese wartime empire and finally a model production city of the People's Republic of China. These shifts in the economic and political function of the city also resulted in complex identity issues for Dalian's urban residents. Dalian's rise reminds that there were trajectories of urban development and modernity in China which were different from that of Shanghai. Dalian provides an important, local view of the transition from empire to nation in this strategically important part of Manchuria.

scholarly journals COVID-19’s Initial Impact on Food Supply Chains, Rural Migrants, and Poverty in the People’s Republic of China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenggen Fan ◽  
Yumei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Rural Migrants ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Food Supply Chains

This paper explores the initial impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on food, rural migrants, and other vulnerable groups, and includes policy recommendations.

Urban System and Urban Development in the People’s Republic of China

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Zhao Chen ◽  
Ming Lu
Keyword(s):  
Urban System ◽  
City Size ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Population Concentration ◽  
Country Analysis

There is a trend of population concentration towards large coastal cities in The People’s Republic of China (PRC). However, there is a distortion of city size towards small cities in the PRC. That is to say, urban population in China should further concentrate in large cities rather than be more equally spread out. Cross-country analysis also indicates that the population size of the primary city in the PRC is smaller than its predicted value. The discussion in this chapter suggests that the Chinese government should adjust the policies on future urbanization with fewer restrictions on the further growth of megacities.

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