Open AccessGeographic structure of migrant labor market in China: A case study of four city-regions in Fujian
Author(s) -
Li Yu,
Wei Xu,
Zhu Yun,
Lu Lin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p6cc9m
Subject(s) - earnings , china , human capital , demographic economics , economic geography , geography , migrant workers , social capital , economic growth , socioeconomics , business , economics , political science , accounting , archaeology , law
This study attempts to examine how local migrant labour markets behave differently in regions with varying development levels and local economic characteristics, based on a 2009 migrant survey conducted in four case cities in Fujian province, China. The study reveals that earnings characteristics and the role of earnings determents vary greatly across geographic regions. Specifically, in the economically more developed region, the return to human capital is higher, the effect of primitive social networks is lower, and the effect of institutional and cultural barriers is weaker.