Young women in cities: Urbanization and gender-biased migration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Koh, Yumi; Li, Jing; Wu, Yifan; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Hanzhe
• 署名单位: University of Seoul; Singapore Management University; Peking University; Michigan State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103378
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: Urbanization; migration; Gender imbalance; marriage market

摘要

Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth urbanization. This gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We gradual rollout of Special Economic Zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish the causal of urbanization on gender-differentiated incentives to migrate. We highlight the role of the marriage in increasing rural women's chance of marrying and marrying up in urban areas during rapid urbanization.