A neglected phenomenon in migration research - return migration: exlorations based on household surveys in ChinaRichard Bilsborrow, Jack Preisser, Qi ZhangLast updated on Nov 11, 2025Author: Qi Zhang Updated: October 24, 2024labor migration return migration rural livelihoods forest policy social-ecological systemsRichard BilsborrowResearch ProfessorEconomist, Demographer, GeographerJack PreisserUndergraduate StudentQi ZhangResearch Assistant ProfessorHuman-Environment GeographerRelatedRemittance from migrants reinforces forest recovery for China’s reforestation policyAgent-based modeling of the effects of conservation policies on social-ecological feedbacks between cropland abandonment and labor migrationUnderstanding the mediating role of labor out-migration in household income generation and distribution under a reforestation policy in rural ChinaUnderstanding human-environment interrelationships under constrained land-use decisions with a spatially explicit agent-based modelDivergent socioeconomic-ecological outcomes of China’s conversion of cropland to forest program: subtropical mountain vs. loess plateau
