Logistic models are employed to analyse young people’s migration to receive higher education, whether inside or outside the home province, and the location trajectories afterwards. This research investigates the impact of family background on the migration location choice of educated young people from peripheral China, based on data from a life-course survey of recent graduates of tertiary education institutions originating from Chaohu, China. Meanwhile, significant growth in HEIs’ enrolment has contributed to major migration flows across the country.
Along with its rapid economic growth, economic inequality rises and intergenerational mobility declines in China.
