RUMICI - The Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia Project

The Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia project was established to investigate the impacts of internal migration within China and Indonesia. In particular, the investigation is focussed on the collection of data through five year longitudinal surveys in China and Indonesia and the use of these data to answer questions regarding migration's impact on income mobility, poverty alleviation, the education, health and nutrition of children of migrant workers, and the assimilation of migrant workers into the city.

The first of five annual waves of surveys in both China and Indonesia have been completed, the results have been analysed and the papers will be published in a book entitled "The Great Migration" in 2009. Currently the project team is working on the second wave of surveys extensively in both countries. As research findings are made complete they will be published in the relevant sections of this website. However, for more information about our project, please go to our ARC Funding Application.