...Xiaofeng Li; Li Luo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to exam the relationship between migration patterns and migrant workers' consumption and study how to upgrade the consumption of migrant workers. Design/methodology/approach Based on survey data from 3,368 migrant workers in China...

...Tonglong Zhang; Xiaowen Huang; Lina Zhang; Linxiu Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the development of China's rural labor markets and the identification of the important factors that affect rural labor's off-farm employment and migration. Design/methodology/approach Based...

... indicate that households with more members participating in either migration or local off-farm work are more/less likely to rent out/in land. Moreover, the effect of migration on household land rental behavior is much larger than the effect of local off-farm work. Practical implications...

...Lihua Li; Chenggang Wang; Eduardo Segarra; Zhibiao Nan Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural productivity by applying the new economics of labor migration model in the context of north‐west China. The specific objectives...