Author(s)

Xuemei Zhang

Corresponding Author

Xuemei Zhang

Abstract

Based on the panel data analysis, this paper makes an empirical analysis on the influence of labor interprovincial migration on regional economic development gap in mainland China from 2000 to 2011. After the reform and opening up, China carried out the reform of the household registration system, began to allow free movement of people. From then on, more and more labour force flows across provinces. In the meantime, China's economy is booming, the economic gap between different regions began to emerge. This paper holds that labor force interprovincial migration has a positive effect on regional economic development, and labor migration increases the economic development gap between the place of entry and place of exit.

Keywords

Net Migration Rate; Theil Index; Regional Economic Development Gap