The title investigates rural labor mobility in China since 2003, an important phenomenon in the process of Chinese economic transition, influential in economic growth at the macro level and individual wellbeing at the micro level.

Sun Wenkai is Professor in the School of Economics at Renmin University of China. His research focuses on labor economics and development economics, especially on the study of labor mobility in China.

1. Summary of Total Amount of the Migrant Workers and Their Current Working Locations and Living Conditions 2. Regional Economic Convergence and Employment 3. The Impact of Mismatch between the Industrial Structure and the Age Structure of Laborers on Labor Force Migration 4. The Impact of the Registered Residence System Reform on Labor Migration in China 5. The Impact of Relative Income on the Mobility of Rural Labor 6. The Interaction between Rural Labor Mobility and the Schooling of Left-behind Children 7. Changes in the Health of Migrant Workers and in the Location of Migrant Workers 8. Social Network and Mobility of Migrant Workers: Investigation and Analysis based on the Characteristics of Rehired Migrant Workers following the Financial Crisis Impact 9. The Impact of Parents Working as Migrant Workers on the Health of Left-behind Children: Re-examination Based on Micro-panel Data 10. Summary