How does air pollution affect urban settlement of the floating population in China? New evidence from a push-pull migration analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe air pollution in China threatens human health, and its negative impact decreases the urban settlement intentions of migrants in destination cities. We establish a comprehensive framework based on the push-pull migration model to investigate this phenomenon.

Methods

We employ a logistic model to analyze air pollution's impact on the settlement intentions of the floating population based on the CMDS 2017 in China, combining the city-level socioeconomic variables with the individual-level variables.

Results

Our results show that the annual average concentration of PM2.5 increases by 1 unit and that the probability of migrants' settlement intentions will decrease by 8.7%. Using a heterogeneity analysis, we find that the following migrant groups are more

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature