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Jianfa Shen

Researcher at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Publications -  129
Citations -  3217

Jianfa Shen is an academic researcher from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Population. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 119 publications receiving 2660 citations. Previous affiliations of Jianfa Shen include University of Leeds & Swansea University.

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Scale, state and the city: Urban transformation in post-reform China

TL;DR: In this paper, the scale theory is also applied to transitional socialist economies where scalar configuration has been rearticulated by liberalization and globalization, and it is adopted to describe the profound transformations of the state and the city in China.
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A study on inter-city cooperation in the Yangtze river delta region, China

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined inter-city cooperation from a partnership perspective, tracing the process of partnership formation and investigating stakeholder interactions, and argued that the effectiveness of intercity cooperation depends on cooperation mechanism, the nature and scope of the cooperation, and partner selection and the roles of actors in partnership formation.
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Increasing internal migration in China from 1985 to 2005: Institutional versus economic drivers

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors made a detailed time-space analysis of the migration patterns in China using migration data from 1990 and 2000 censuses and 1995 and 2005 population surveys, and argued that various factors have different characteristics of dynamic response and spatial diffusion.
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Jobs or Amenities? Location Choices of Interprovincial Skilled Migrants in China, 2000–2005

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors examined regional and personal factors that shape locations chosen by China's interprovincial skilled migrants, and found that skilled migration is driven mainly by interregional income differentials and that regional variations in amenities and ownership structure play less important role in this regard.
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A study of the temporary population in Chinese cities

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the current employment and housing situations, and the causes of temporary population in China, and possible policy response to the problem is also discussed. But the current housing reform in urban China has entirely focused on the local urban residents while the needs of the temporary population have been overlooked.