@article{Bai:277380,
      recid = {277380},
      author = {Bai, Y. and Wang, W. and Zhang, L.},
      title = {How long do returning migrants stay in their home county:  Evidence from rural China during 1998 to 2015},
      address = {2018-07},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Return migration is an important part of rural labor  mobility in China, and has been given growing concern  recently by governments. However, research covering the  duration of stay in their home county, a basic question of  labor mobility and a precondition for policy making, is far  from enough. The aim of this paper is to analyze the period  of return for these migrants based on employment history  data among rural laborers. The data was collected from a  random, nationally representative sample of 100 rural  villages in five provinces of China. We find that 22.3  percent of migrants returned from 1998 to 2015, and most  returning migrants stay for a long time. Using the OLS,  Tobit, and Heckman two-step methods, the results show that  returning migrants who are old, more educated, unmarried,  and with school-age children are more likely to stay longer  in their home county. From a development perspective,  returning migrants are expected to play an important role  in the process of rural revitalization. Most importantly,  the government should still gradually eliminate  institutional limitations facing rural people and promote  the free flow of labor resources in the process of  realizing the integration of urban and rural areas.  

Acknowledgement :  The authors acknowledge the financial  assistance of the National Natural Science Foundation of  China (grant number 713300132).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/277380},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.277380},
}