How does air pollution affect urban settlement of the floating population in China? New evidence from a push-pull migration analysis

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
• Main Authors: Zhao, Zhihao, Lao, Xin, Gu, Hengyu, Yu, Hanchen, Lei, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 17.09.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Air pollution; Cities; Costs; Decision making; Economic development; Economics; Environmental aspects; Environmental health; Environmental regulations; Floating population; Forecasts and trends; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Heterogeneity; Hypotheses; Immigration; Literature reviews; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Noncitizens; Particulate matter; Population; Public health; Public services; Public works; Push-pull migration model; Regions; Settlement intentions; Social factors; Social integration; Subgroups; Urban population; Vacations; China

Background Severe air pollution in China threatens human health, and its negative impact decreases the urban settlement intentions of migrants in destination cities. We establish a comprehensive framework based on the push-pull migration model to investigate this phenomenon. Methods We employ a logi...