Ecological Analyses of Permanent and Temporary Migration Streams in China in the 1990s Academic Article

abstract

• Using data from China's Fifth National Census of 2000, we analyze the dynamics of China's inter-provincial permanent and temporary migration streams for the 1995-2000 period. The permanent and temporary migration streams are shown to have similar patterns, but the volume of the temporary migration streams greatly outnumbers that of the permanent streams. A human ecological model of migration is proposed and tested, and its results are compared with those of a gravity model of migration. Of the various ecological variables examined in the models, investment levels at destination, and being a coastal province at destination, all have strong effects on migration. The effects of the independent variables are more similar than different with regard to predicting the permanent and the temporary migration streams. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008.

authors

• Poston, Dudley

published proceedings

• POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• Poston, D., & Zhang, L. i.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Poston, Dudley L Jr||Zhang, Li

publication date

• December 2008

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW  Journal

keywords

• China
• Human Ecology
• Migration
• Streams

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s11113-008-9094-5

start page

• 689

end page

• 712

volume

• 27

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs11113-008-9094-5