How Does an Environmental Amenity Attract Voluntary Migrants? Evidence from Ambient Air Quality in China
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dc.contributor.author | Kim, Moon Joon | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xie, Xiaolin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Xiaochen | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T09:41:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T09:41:59Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2021-12-07 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/137359 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recent studies have shown that air quality is an important amenity for population relocation in China. However, much of Chinese internal migration occurs due to non-discretionary reasons, such as government policies, family considerations, and military personnel reassignments. As such, estimates of the impact of environmental amenities on migration that do not control for migration reasons may be biased. Using the 2015 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this paper estimates the impact of ambient air pollution on voluntary migration to other provinces for work. We find that more polluted days (air quality index (AQI) > 150) at the original residence leads to a significant increase in labor out-migration to a province with better air quality, providing evidence of the current migration trend leading to declining populations in China's megacities. Our findings indicate that environmental migration is more favored among households that are less educated, are older, work overtime, and have lower income, suggesting that environmental migration may result from environmental health inequalities in socially disadvantaged families. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI | - |
dc.subject | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY | - |
dc.subject | CLEAN-AIR | - |
dc.subject | INTERNAL MIGRATION | - |
dc.subject | POLLUTION | - |
dc.subject | URBANIZATION | - |
dc.subject | MORTALITY | - |
dc.subject | CONSUMERS | - |
dc.subject | HEALTH | - |
dc.subject | IMPACT | - |
dc.subject | CITIES | - |
dc.title | How Does an Environmental Amenity Attract Voluntary Migrants? Evidence from Ambient Air Quality in China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Kim, Moon Joon | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su13126872 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85110250708 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000666342000001 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | SUSTAINABILITY, v.13, no.12 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | SUSTAINABILITY | - |
dc.citation.title | SUSTAINABILITY | - |
dc.citation.volume | 13 | - |
dc.citation.number | 12 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scie | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | ssci | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Science & Technology - Other Topics | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Environmental Sciences | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Environmental Studies | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CITIES | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CLEAN-AIR | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CONSUMERS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | HEALTH | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | IMPACT | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | INTERNAL MIGRATION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | MORTALITY | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | POLLUTION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | URBANIZATION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | air quality | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | environmental health inequality | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | labor migration | - |
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