Guangdong Migration Survey (GMS)
GMS is a longitudinal household survey that aims to better understand immigrant assimilation in the urban areas of Guangdong province by oversampling and comparing the households of migrants and local residents.Given the rise of urban-to-urban migration, GMS covers both rural-urban and urban-urban migrants, paying particular attention to migrants living in urban villages – a widely prevalent pheno...
Thousand-Village Survey in Guangdong
This survey aims to document recent rural and agricultural development in Guangdong province and provide researchers with household data to evaluate the impact of a rural vitalization strategy implemented by the central government since 2018. The survey records detailed information about targeted poverty alleviation, rural governance, ecological environment, education, land acquisition, developmen...
Rural-Urban Migration in China(RUMiC)
Due to its rapid industrialization and urbanization over the past three decades, China has experienced the largest rural-to-urban migration in history. Initiated by Prof. Meng Xin (Australian National University) in 2006, RUMiC aims to understand the institutional barriers that restrict rural-to-urban migration and how to improve rural migrants’ living conditions. SDC has conducted this project i...
The Longitudinal Study of Children’s Development in Mianzhu
Large-scale rural-urban migration over the past decades has led to the so-called “left-behind children” phenomenon in China. It is estimated that over 60 million children were left behind in villages after their parents migrated to cities for work. The LSCD survey seeks to explore how to measure the traits, skills, and preferences that determine important life outcomes for children, un...
Guangdong Manufacturing Enterprise Survey
GDMFS is designed to measure the total factor productivity (TFP) of manufacturing firms in Guangdong province and examine the impact of product quality on TFP growth. This survey interviewed nearly 600 and about 400 manufacturing firms in 2017 and 2018, respectively, across 14 cities in Guangdong province. It records detailed information on financial management, quality control, human ca...
China Household Employment Survey
Jointly conducted by Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, CHES seeks to understand the dynamics of the labor market in China. It records detailed information about labor market status, employment type, industry affiliation, occupation, wage and fringe benefits, and labor supply, among others. CHES completed four waves of data collection in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Currently the larg...
