Determinants of migration decision-making for rural households: a case study in Chongqing, China

Xiong, Sihong; Wu, Ya; Wu, Shihai; Chen, Fang; Yan, Jiangwei

doi:10.1007/s11069-020-04236-w

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“…Since Chongqing became a municipality directly under the Central Government in 1997, the urbanization process of Chongqing has expanded rapidly, rising from 31% in 1997 to 69.5% in 2020. Chongqing is an important area, where a large number of rural laborers migrate for work in China (Xiong et al, 2020).…”

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“…They are the main force behind village construction and act as inheritors of local culture and traditions (Xiong et al, 2020). As these young laborers leave the villages, the economic and social structures of rural society have begun to experience significant changes.…”

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“…The vast majority of rural migrant workers in China are young, strong farmers with production and management abilities and a pioneering spirit. They are the main force behind village construction and act as inheritors of local culture and traditions (Xiong et al, 2020). As these young laborers leave the villages, the economic and social structures of rural society have begun to experience significant changes.…”

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Much is known about disaster mitigation (DM) actions, but little is known about the impact of migration as an exogenous shock. Rural farmers in mountainous areas are under the pressure of poverty, and also face the threat of geo‐hazards. Therefore, a more complex relationship exists between rural farmers' willingness to out‐migration for work and their DM behavior. To gain insight into the relationship between the two, we constructed the social–ecological system (SES) framework based on the survey data of 864 households in 53 villages in Chongqing, and verified our findings using the endogenous switching regression model and the mediation effect model. The results show that labor out‐migration has a negative correlation with the DM behavior of peasant households. When the total effect is further categorized into the direct effect and mediation effect; the negative total effect of labor out‐migration on the DM of farmers changes from a significant to an insignificant negative direct effect. It can be seen that labor out‐migration is not the direct cause of low motivation for DM, but the loss of leadership caused by labor out‐migration, the dilution of farmers' sense of place, and the decline of farmers' risk perception are the causes that ultimately lead to the decline of farmers' action ability for DM. This study confirms that the SES framework is suitable for empirical research on how labor out‐migration affects the ability of local villages to ensure DM action. These findings add new theoretical insights to the literature on DM.

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“…However, high housing price levels could restrain the inflow of people from rural to urban areas, which is equivalent to holding back the progress of urbanization. In the process of urbanization, most people moving into urban areas, such as graduate students and migrant workers, have basic housing needs as they do not have enough fixed assets [45]. e development of an affordable housing system can meet migrants' basic housing demands.…”

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The Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Sustainable Development between Urbanization, Housing Prices, and Affordable Housing in China

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For the past few years, China’s urbanization process has been in a state of rapid and variable development. With many migrants flowing from rural to urban area, the change in the urban structure and the trend of the economic development has led to a rapid development of the real estate market. However, the conflict between the migrants and the local low- and middle-income groups in respect of demand for basic housing has become a concern. Based on Chinese time-series data from 2008 to 2018, this study establishes an evaluation indicator system to consider the influence of urbanization, housing prices, and affordable housing and analyzes the comprehensive development level and coordination relationship using the methods of range standardization, entropy weight model, and coupling coordination. The results show that the comprehensive development levels of housing prices and affordable housing are both in a state of fluctuating growth. From 2008 to 2018, the coupling degree between urbanization, housing prices, and affordable housing was high, while the coupling coordination degree between the three subsystems increased from reluctant coordination to satisfactory coordination; this clearly shows that the relationships between urbanization, housing prices, and affordable housing are mutually coupled and promoted. Furthermore, based on the coupling coordination relationships between the three subsystems, this study discusses the sustainable development of urbanization and provides some suggestions for regional government. The conclusions have practical significance for China and other developing countries to coordinate housing prices and affordable housing in the process of rapid urbanization.

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Determinants of migration decision-making for rural households: a case study in Chongqing, China

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Does labor out‐migration affect the sustainability of disaster mitigation? Insight from the social–ecological system perspective

Does labor out‐migration affect the sustainability of disaster mitigation? Insight from the social–ecological system perspective

The Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Sustainable Development between Urbanization, Housing Prices, and Affordable Housing in China

How does agricultural industrial structure upgrading affect agricultural carbon emissions? Threshold effects analysis for China

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