Destination‐to‐origin differences and settlement intentions of Chinese internal migrants: A birth cohort analysis

• Published in: Population space and place Vol. 28; no. 5
• Main Authors: Wang, Jiejing, Zhang, Yanji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2022
• Subjects: China; Cities; cohort; Cohort analysis; destination‐to‐origin difference; Economic conditions; internal migrants; Migrants; Migration patterns; Public services; settlement intention; Spatial analysis; Urbanization; China

Research on Chinese internal migrants has gradually shifted from a focus on the rapid expansion of this population to its relationship with the restructuring of spatial distribution in cities. The settlement intentions of migrants are key to how China's urbanisation and the urban system will ev...