title: Temporary migration and regional development in China.
abstract: "A new approach to migration in developing countries is used in this paper, which integrates into the migration process the experiences of moving to cities, working in urban areas, and returning to the countryside. As a result, rural labor migration is directly linked to rural development through remittances, as well as through physical and human capital brought back by return migrants. Migration information is mainly drawn from China's 1995 1% National Population Survey.... It has been found that patterns of temporary migration are mainly shaped by the magnetic force of the growth-pole region. Job opportunities created there in labor-intensive industries have attracted large numbers of migrants, first from the surrounding rural areas and then from the peripheral regions, enhancing migration propensity in both areas."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012939:Social Planning; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Human Capital; Human Resources; Labor Migration; Microeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Remittances; Return Migration--determinants; Rural Development; Rural-urban Migration--determinants; Temporary Migration--determinants