Study Of China's Rural Labor Migration, Human Capital Constraints

Rural to urban migration in China is the most important pattern of labor flow. It has speeded the communion between city and countryside, and increased farmers' income, especially had momentous meaning in advancing the adjustment of agriculture and village economy structure. The migration in China is restricted by many factors, of which the human capital such as schooling, skills can be a kind of immanent restriction. Along with science and technology advancement, and economy progress, human capital will be more and more important in rural to urban migration. Accordingly, this paper possesses quite significant sense in both theory and realism. After analyzing the connection between human capital and labor flow, The paper demonstrate human capital does hinder the rural labor to migrate by some econometric model and questionnaires, and by supposing the urban labor market is a two-tier labor market. In the end, I make some suggestions to improve human capital in China's rural area.