A quantitative analysis of Hukou reform in Chinese cities: 2000–2016

• Published in: Growth and change Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 201 - 221
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jipeng, Wang, Ru, Lu, Chong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lexington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Ability; Cities; Economic theory; Employment; Home financing; Hukou registration index; Labor force; Labor migration; Migrants; migration; Mobility; Noncitizens; Occupational mobility; point account system; Quantitative analysis; Reforms; Registration; Urban development; urbanization; China

This paper documents the changes in China's Hukou reform before and after 2014 based on a unique data set of Hukou policy documents from Chinese cities between 2000 and 2016. We construct a Hukou registration index to measure the stringency of local Hukou qualification in Chinese cities. There...