The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy

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1、IZADPNo.4493TheRegulationofMigrationinaTransitionEconomy:China’sHukouSystemShumingBaoÖrnB.BodvarssonJackW.HouYaohuiZhaoOctober2009DISCUSSIONPAPERSERIESForschungsinstitutzurZukunftderArbeitInstitutefortheStudyofLaborTheRegulationofMigrationinaTransitionEconomy:China’sHukouSystemShumingBao

2、UniversityofMichiganÖrnB.BodvarssonSt.CloudStateUniversityandIZAJackW.HouCaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeachYaohuiZhaoBeijingUniversityDiscussionPaperNo.4493October2009IZAP.O.Box724053072BonnGermanyPhone:+49-228-3894-0Fax:+49-228-3894-180E-mail:iza@iza.orgAnyopinionsexpressedherearethose

3、oftheauthor(s)andnotthoseofIZA.Researchpublishedinthisseriesmayincludeviewsonpolicy,buttheinstituteitselftakesnoinstitutionalpolicypositions.TheInstitutefortheStudyofLabor(IZA)inBonnisalocalandvirtualinternationalresearchcenterandaplaceofcommunicationbetweenscience,politicsandbusiness.IZ

4、AisanindependentnonprofitorganizationsupportedbyDeutschePostFoundation.ThecenterisassociatedwiththeUniversityofBonnandoffersastimulatingresearchenvironmentthroughitsinternationalnetwork,workshopsandconferences,dataservice,projectsupport,researchvisitsanddoctoralprogram.IZAengagesin(i)ori

5、ginalandinternationallycompetitiveresearchinallfieldsoflaboreconomics,(ii)developmentofpolicyconcepts,and(iii)disseminationofresearchresultsandconceptstotheinterestedpublic.IZADiscussionPapersoftenrepresentpreliminaryworkandarecirculatedtoencouragediscussion.Citationofsuchapapershouldacc

6、ountforitsprovisionalcharacter.Arevisedversionmaybeavailabledirectlyfromtheauthor.IZADiscussionPaperNo.4493October2009ABSTRACTTheRegulationofMigrationinaTransitionEconomy:*China'sHukouSystemUnlikemostcountries,Chinaregulatesinternalmigration.Publicbenefits,accesstogoodqualityhousing,scho

7、ols,healthcare,andattractiveemploymentopportunitiesareavailableonlytothosewhohavelocalregistration(Hukou).Coincidentwiththedeepeningofeconomicreforms,Hukouhasgraduallybeenrelaxedsincethe1980s,helpingtoexplainanextraordinarysurgeofmigrationwithinChina.Inthisstudyofinterpro