Great Migration

Rural–Urban Migration in China and Indonesia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based. Whilst both countries face similar challenges as hundreds of millions of people move, the policies implemented and their consequences are very different. Using an extensive range of qualitative and quantitative data, the contributors explore the impact of migration on migrants and their families, as well as the rural communities they leave behind and the urban communities they enter. They discover that migrants earn less and face discrimination in the urban labour market, although more so in China where there are greater restrictions. However migration contributes to a more equal distribution of income in urban China and to lowering poverty in rural China, and migrants fare better on health and poverty indicators in Indonesia.The Great Migration will strongly appeal to researchers, economists and sociologists with a special interest in migration and development studies. Policy-makers in both China and Indonesia will also find much to fascinate them within this highly original book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-28
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781848446441

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Digital ekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Edited by Xin Meng and Chris Manning, Australian National University with Li Shi, Zhejiang University, China and Tadjuddin Noer Effendi, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Recensioner i media

‘The Great Migration represents a milestone in the study of Chinese migration. After two decades of research on the largest migration in human history, the authors seek to contextualize this process by contrasting it with rural–urban migration in Indonesia. Moreover, their carefully constructed data set offers the potential to study the evolution of this dynamic process over time from a variety of perspectives. . .’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:1. The Great Migration in China and Indonesia: Trends and InstitutionsXin Meng and Chris ManningPART I: CHINA2. Why Don’t More Chinese Migrate from the Countryside? Institutional Constraints and the Migration DecisionLeng Lee and Xin Meng3. Jobs, Working Hours and Remuneration Packages for Migrant and Urban WorkersPaul Frijters, Leng Lee and Xin Meng4. Wage Structures and Inequality Among Local and Migrant Workers in Urban ChinaDeng Quheng and Li Shi5. The Educational and Health Outcomes of the Children of MigrantsSherry Tao Kong and Xin Meng6. Rural–Urban Migration and Poverty in ChinaChuliang Luo and Ximing Yue7. Rural–Urban Migration in China: Survey Design and ImplementationSherry Tao KongPART II: INDONESIA8. Assessing the Welfare of Migrant and Non-migrant Households in Four Indonesian Cities: Some Demographic, Social and Employment CharacteristicsTadjuddin Noer Effendi, Mujiyani, Fina Itriyati, Danang Arif Darmawan and Derajad S. Widhyharto9. The Socio-economic and Health Status of Rural–Urban Migrants in IndonesiaBudy P. Resosudarmo, Asep Suryahadi, Raden M. Purnagunawan, Athia Yumna and Asri Yusrina10. Making It in the City: Recent and Long-term Migrants in the Urban Labour Market in IndonesiaArmida Alisjahbana and Chris Manning11. Rural–Urban Migration in Indonesia: Survey Design and ImplementationBudy P. Resosudarmo, Chikako Yamauchi and Tadjuddin Noer EffendiReferencesIndex