New trends of domestic immigration in coastal areas of China and evaluation on regional development policy

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Abe Yasuhisa 九州大学, 比較社会文化研究院, 准教授 (10362302)
• Research Collaborator: 徐 亜文 ; 華 夏 ; 李 商益
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 人口移動 / 大卒ホワイトカラー / 賃金水準 / 生活コスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Due to changes in China's industrial structure, migration of population to major cities in the coastal area is mainly white-collar migration such as college graduates. However, from the research findings of this project, it became clear that there still remains a factor restricting the movement of such white collar and settlement after movement. On the other hand, in the small to medium-sized cities where the migrants come from, the difference in real wage levels with the big cities is shrinking, but the living environment such as existence of diverse employment opportunities and amenity, the disparity from big cities is still large. As a result, it can not be said that excessive population concentration in large cities is surely suppressed.

Free Research Field

人文地理学