Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the develo**
world? We compare American metropolitan areas with analogous geographic units in Brazil …

The paper investigates the evolution pattern and determinants of China's interprovincial
highly and less-educated migrations between 2000 and 2015. It reveals that the …

Despite the rising interest in understanding the population flows across cities, few empirical
studies have paid close attention to their network characteristics and determining factors …

The international literature has continuously debated over what factors–economic incentives
or socio-cultural conditions–are more important when migrant populations make settlement …

China's recent hukou reform provides opportunities for rural–urban migrants to acquire
formal citizenship and for the country's urbanisation to step into a fair and humanistic stage …

The 'global race for talent'has drawn immense attention from academics, policy-makers and
the media. China is on both sides of the race. On the one hand, rapid economic growth has …

This paper is the first to investigate the role of China's top-down model captured by cities'
administrative level in the hukou transfer intention of rural migrants with settlement intention …

Talent workers are becoming a critical factor in the urbanization of China. Government
programs encourage the attraction of these skilled and university educated workers by …

Understanding the drivers of the floating population's settlement intentions in Chinese cities
is vital to guide evidence-based urban economic development policies. Prior studies have …

The development of high-speed rail (HSR) is a key component of China's overall economic
development policy. HSR generates external effects across economic sectors and has the …