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Migrant Status and Labor Market Outcomes in Urban and Rural Hebei Province, China 1
Author(s) -
Stinner William F.,
Xu Wu,
Wei Jin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1993.tb00500.x
Subject(s) - china , demographic economics , destinations , rural area , redistribution (election) , geography , population , immigration , socioeconomics , economic growth , economics , political science , demography , sociology , tourism , archaeology , politics , law
An important concern in population redistribution policymaking is the labor‐market absorption of migrants in rural and urban destinations. Three hypotheses (information costs, sociodemographic characteristics, and psycho‐social resources) on labor‐market outcomes are developed and tested among recent and long‐term interprovincial migrants and lifetime residents in rural and urban areas of Hebei Province in China. Results generally support the psycho‐social resources model; interprovincial migrants fare better than lifetime residents, regardless of background sociodemographic attributes. However, recent migrants generally tend to outperform long‐term migrants, suggesting that the type of psycho‐social resources may be important. These patterns generally hold in both urban and rural areas.