Job mobility of residents and migrants in urban China

By John Knight, L. Yueh. 2004

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Rural migrant workers in China: scenario, challenges and public policy (2008, background): “On the contrary, their job mobility is much higher that that of local urban workers ( Knight and Yueh, 2006 ).”
Migrants as Second-Class Workers in Urban China? A Decomposition Analysis (2009, background): “…20% of rural migrant workers are estimaed to live with their family in urban areas, the total number of rural-urban migrant population is estimated at around 160 million in 2006. migrant workers and their employers (Knight et al. 1999, Appleton et al. 2004, Knight and Yueh 2004a, 2004b, Zhao 2005).”
Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement: Evidence from a survey of migrants in China’s four major urbanising areas (2015, methodology): “Yet, self-employed migrants in Chinese cities, potentially the most dynamic and entrepreneurial migrant group in the country, have not only gained little research attention, but have also been seriously discriminated against in terms of public-service delivery (Knight and Yueh, 2004).”