Urbanization policy and economic development: A quantitative analysis of China's differential Hukou reforms

• Main Authors: HSU, Wen-Tai, MA, Lin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Hukou system; household registration system; differential reform; urbanization policy; economic development; spatial quantitative analysis; Asian Studies; Growth and Development; Regional Economics; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2366; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3365/viewcontent/revised_paper_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The household registration system (hukou system) in China has hampered rural-urban migration by posing large migration friction. The system has been gradually relaxed in the past few decades, but the reforms have been differential in city size and by the coastal-inland divide. We find a striking con...