City-level socioeconomic divergence, air pollution differentials and internal migration in China: Migrants vs talent migrants

《City-level socioeconomic divergence, air pollution differentials and internal migration in China: Migrants vs talent migrants》

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作者: Haining Wang;Fei Guo

来源: CITIES,Vol.134,Issue1,Article 104116

语言: 英文

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作者单位: Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;Department of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;Department of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain;University of Naples Federico II, Italy;Department of Maritime Technologies, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden;Volvo Group AB, SE-40508 Gothenburg, Sweden;School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Business Administration, Division of Industrial and Financial Management and Logistics, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden;School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand;Directorate of Research Services, University of New England, Armidale, Australia;State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disasters, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72762, USA;School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Emergency Management and Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China;Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Plaça del Coneixement, Edifici MRA, Planta 2, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;TURBA Lab, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;Centre for Urban Research, School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, 411 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), School of Design, The University of Western Australia, Level 2, 1002 Hay St, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;School of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

摘要: This study investigates the relative impacts of city-level contextual features, including air quality, medical resources and socioeconomic development indicators, on the scale of intercity migration and the proportion of talents in migration flows. We find that air pollution exerts a strong deterrent impact, while the availability of medical services has a positive impact, on intercity migration. The magnitude of estimated effects of air quality and medical resources is considerably higher than most of socioeconomic indicators, especially for those educated migrants. There is a considerable heterogeneity in the effects of city-level factors on migrants' destination choices. Migrants who undertake intra-provincial migration and those who migrate to the eastern and western regions and the provincial capital cities, especially those talent migrants, are more responsive to the changes in air quality and medical resources. We also find that the institutional legacy and the resulting segmented urban labour market continue to function in social and labour stratifications, which plays an important role in determining intercity migration and makes some push-pull factors ineffective or run contrary to the conventional wisdom.