Kam Wing Chan
BA;
MSc.,
Hong Kong
Ph.D,
Current
Positions at
- Dept.
of Geography, Professor
- Jackson School of International
Studies, China Studies Program, Full Faculty Member
- Center
for Studies of Demography and Ecology, Faculty Affiliate
Research Interests
- Urban and economic geography; migration;
labor market, urban finance;
Recent
Major Grants and Contract Research
- Consultant for McKinsey Global Institute,
2007-09, for a project entitled “Preparing
for China’s Urban Billion.”
- Consultant for the United Nations Population
Division, 2007-08, research on internal migration in
- Co-PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council,
2005-08, for a research project on
- Consultant for the World Bank, 1999-2001,
and 2003-2005 for a research and policy project on urban development
strategy in China (with China’s National Development and Reform
Commission)
- PI, National Science Foundation, 1997-2002,
Collaborative research on "Recent Migration in
- PI, Henry Luce Foundation, 1997-2002,
research project: "Internal Migration in
- Co-PI, Ford Foundation, 2000-2001, Chinese
Public Policy Research Grant for a project on urban unemployment and
migration in
Current
Editorial Positions
· Eurasian Geography and Economics, Co-Editor
· The China Review: An Interdisciplinary
Journal on Greater China, Editorial Board
·
Demography,
Editorial Board
· Journal of China
in Comparative Perspective, Executive Editor
· Asian
Geographer, Editorial Board
Selected
Publications
Books
and Edited Volumes:
杨云彦、蔡昉、陈金永、王德文,
2004.《城 市 就 业 与 劳 动 力 市 场 转 型》, 中国统计出版社
(Yang Yunyan, Cai Fang, Kam Wing Chan, and Wang Dewen,
2004. Employment and Transition of Labor Market,
Beijing: Chinese Statistical Press, 298 pp.）
Chan,
Kam Wing, Guest editor, 2003. Special Issue on
Chinese Census 2000, The Chinese Review, 3(2), 197 pp.
Chan,
Kam Wing, Guest editor, 1996. Special
Issue on Internal Migration in China, Chinese Environment and Development,
7 (1 and 2), 173 pp.
Chan,
Kam Wing, 1994. Cities with Invisible
Walls: Reinterpreting Urbanization in Post-1949 China,
Recent
Articles and Book Chapters:
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2012. “Crossing the 50 Percent Population Rubicon: Can
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2012. “Internal Labor Migration in
Chan, Kam
Wing and Alana Boland, 2012. "Cities of East
Asia," in Stanley Brunn, Maureen Hays-Mitchell, Donald
Zeigler (eds.), Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development,5th
ed, Lanham: Rowman &
Littlefield, pp.470-521.
陈金永, 2011. “中国户籍制度和农民工,” 《神州交流》, 第 8 卷, 第 一 期, 第32-41页。
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2010. “The Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers in China: There is
No Future as a Labourer; Returning to the Village has
No Meaning,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(3),
pp.659-77. (download paper)
陈金永，2010. “中国人口发展、农民工流动趋势与刘易斯转折点,” 《中国劳动经济》第6卷第一期，第1至24页。（文章下载）
陈金永，2010. “当前中国的城镇人口统计问题及其对经济分析的影响,” 蔡昉主编《中国人口与劳动问题报告No.11—后金融危机时期的劳动力市场挑战》（北京：社会科学文献出版社）页236-247。（文章下载）
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2010. “A China Paradox: Migrant Labor Shortage amidst Rural
Labor Supply Abundance,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 51(4),
pp.513-530.
Chan, Kam Wing, 2010.
“The Chinese Household Registration System and Migrant Labor in China: Notes on
a Debate,” Population and Development Review, 36(2), pp.357-364.
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2010. “Fundamentals of China’s Urbanization and
Policy,” The China Review, Vol. 10, No.1, pp.63-94 (download
paper).
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2010. “The Problem with China’s Urban Population Data,” East Asia
Center Newsletter, Winter, pp.2-3 (download
paper).
Cai, Fang and Kam Wing Chan, 2009. “Global Recession
and Unemployment in China,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50 (5),
pp.513-531 (download
paper).
Chan, Kam
Wing, 2009. “Population, Migration and the Lewis Turning Point in
Chan, Kam Wing, 2009.
“Measuring the Urban Millions,” China Economic Quarterly, March,
pp.21-26. (download paper)
Chan, Kam Wing, 2009. “The Chinese Hukou
System at 50,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50 (2), pp.197-221 (download
paper).
Chan, Kam Wing and Will
Buckingham, 2008.
“Is
Chan, Kam Wing, Vernon Henderson, and Kai Yuen Tsui, 2008. “Spatial Dimensions of Chinese Economic
Development,” in Thomas Rawski and Loren Brandt
(eds.),
Williams, Jack and Kam Wing Chan, 2008. "Cities of East
Asia," in Stanley Brunn, Maureen Hays-Mitchell, and
Donald Zeigler (eds.), Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development,
4rd ed, Lanham: Rowman
& Littlefield, pp.474-527 (download
chapter).
Chan, Kam Wing and Man
Wang, 2008.
“Remapping China’s Regional Inequalities, 1990-2006: A New
Assessment of de Facto and de Jure Population Data,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 49(1),
pp.21-56 (download
paper).
Chan, Kam Wing, 2008.
“Internal Labor Migration in China: Trends, Geographical Distribution and
Policies,” Proceedings of United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Population
Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development,
ESA/P/WP.206, United Nations, pp.93-122.
Wang, Enru and Kam Wing Chan, 2007.
“Store Wars: Changing Retail Ownership in
Chan, Kam Wing, 2007. “Misconceptions and Complexities in the Study of China’s Cities:
Definitions, Statistics, and Implications,” Eurasian
Geography and Economics, 48(4), pp.383-412. (download paper)
Bae, Christine
and Kam Wing Chan, 2006. “The Extended Pacific Rim: An Awakening
Giant” in H.S. Geyer (ed.) Global Regionalization: Core Peripheral
Trends,
王恩儒、陈金永,
2005.“倾斜的分数线—中国大学录取条件的地区差异”
(Wang, Enru and Kam Wing Chan 2005. “Tilting Scoreline:
Geographical Inequalities in Admission Scores to Higher Education in
苏红、陈金永, 2005. “土地征用与地方政府的行为” (Su Hong and Kam Wing Chan, 2005. Land Expropriation and Local Government
Behavior), Hong Kong Baptist University, The Centre for China Urban and
Regional Studies, Occasional Paper No.58, 24 pp. (download
manuscript)
陈金永, 2004.“中国户籍制度改革和城乡人口迁移”《中国劳动经济》 (Chan, Kam Wing, 2004.
“Chinese Hukou Reforms and Rural-urban Migration,”) China
Labor Economics, 2004 (1), pp.108-123. (download paper)
Chan,
Kam Wing, 2003. "Chinese Census
2000: New Opportunities and Challenges," The China Review, 3(2),
pp.1-12. (download paper)
Chan, Kam Wing and Ying
Hu, 2003.
"Urbanization in
Chan,
Kam Wing, 2003. “Migration in
Solinger, Dorothy
and Kam Wing Chan, 2002. "The
Chan,
Kam Wing, 2001. "Recent
Migration in China: Patterns, Trends, and Policies," Asian Perspectives,
25(4), pp.127-155. (download paper)
Liu, Ta and Kam Wing
Chan, 2001.
"National Statistics on Internal Migration in
Yang Yunyan, Kam Wing Chan, and Ta Liu, 2001. "The Impacts of Outside Labor on Urban Labor Market," (in Chinese) Zhongguo renkou kexue (Population Science of
Chan,
Kam Wing, 2000. "Internal Migration in
杨云彦、陈金永, 2000.“转型劳动力市场的分层与竞争”
《中国社会科学》(Yang Yunyan
and Kam Wing Chan, 2000. "Job
Competition and Segmentation in a Transitional Labor Market," Social
Sciences in China, No.5, pp.28-38. (download
paper)
Cai Fang and Kam
Wing Chan, 2000. "The Political Economy of Urban
Protectionist Employment Policies in China," Working Paper Series No.2,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Population Studies. 14
pp. (download
paper)
Chan, Kam Wing and Li Zhang, 1999.
"The Hukou System and Rural-urban Migration:
Processes and Changes," The China Quarterly, Volume 160, Issue 1,
pp. 818-855. (中文譯本：陈金永 张力，“中国的户口制度与城乡人口迁移”)
Chan, Kam Wing, Ta Liu and Yunyan Yang,
1999. "Hukou and Non-hukou
Migrations: Comparisons and Contrasts", International Journal of
Population Geography, 5(6), pp.425-448. (download
paper)
Chan, Kam Wing, 1999.
"Internal Migration in
Yang Yunyan, Kam Wing Chan, and Ta
Liu, 1999. "An Analysis of
Regional Migration in China" (in Chinese), Zhongguo
renkou kexue (Population
Science of China), No.73, pp.20-26.
Chan, Kam Wing, 1998.
"Infrastructure Services and Financing in Chinese Cities," Pacific
Rim Law & Policy Journal, 7(3), pp.503-528.(download paper)
Chan, Kam Wing, 1998.
"An Analysis of Consequences and Policies Concerning Recent Population
Migration in Mainland
Chan, Kam Wing, 1997.
"Urbanization and Urban Infrastructure Services in the PRC," in
Christine Wong (ed.) Financing Local Government in the People's Republic of
China, Oxford University Press, pp.83-125
Chan, Kam Wing, 1996.
"Post-Mao China: A Two-Class Urban Society in the
Making," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,
20(1), pp.134-150. (download paper).
Chan, Kam Wing and Yunyan Yang, 1996.
"Inter-provincial Migration in
Chan, Kam Wing, 1994.
"Economic Development in China in the Reform Era: Environmental
Implications," Chinese Environment and Development, 4(4), pp.3-24.
Chan, Kam Wing, 1994.
"Urbanization and Rural-urban Migration in
Chan, Kam Wing, 1992.
"Economic Growth Strategy and Urbanization Policies in
China, 1949-82," International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 16(2), pp.275-305. (download paper)
Chan, Kam Wing and Kai Yuen Tsui, 1992.
"'Agricultural' and 'Non-agricultural' Population Statistics of the
People's Republic of China: Definitions, Findings and Comparisons",
University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography and Geology, Occasional Paper, No.1, 41 pp. (download
paper)
陈金永,
1990.“试析社会主义国家城市化的特点”
(Chan, Kam Wing, 1990. “An Analysis
of the Features of Urbanization in Socialist Countries”), Zhongguo renkou kexue
(Population Science of China), No.21, pp.6-12, and 53. (download paper)
Chan, Kam Wing, 1988.
"Rural-urban Migration in China, 1950-1982: Estimates
and Analysis," Urban Geography,
9(1), pp.53-84.
Chan, Kam Wing and Xueqiang Xu, 1985. "Urban Population Growth and Urbanization
in
Unpublished
Manuscripts (under preparation)
Current Research Projects on
China
·
Internal migration and the hukou reforms
·
City population statistics
·
Spatial administrative hierarchy
·
Urbanization
and land conversion
·
Cities
and regional development
·
Urban
social geography and suburbanization
Contact Address:
Department of Geography
University of Washington, Box 353550
Seattle, WA 98195-3550, USA
Tel: (206) 543-6994; Fax: (206) 543-3313
E-mail: kwchan@uw.edu