Expropriation with hukou change and labour market outcomes in China

Wang, Chuhong; Akgüҫ, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101391

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“…This is, in part, because rural hukou holders residing in cities are denied work in the public sectors and do not enjoy the associated benefits, including unemployment subsidies and old-age pensions. These migrant cohorts have, thus, to work in non-public sectors, implying more working hours, lower wages, and worse working conditions (Akgüç et al 2014).…”

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The Application of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

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Ramsden

2021

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Existing studies argue life chances are, in part, vertically reproduced. Such a statement is applicable to the Chinese contexts as, but not limited to, parental hukou status, to some extent, determines the life chances their children receive. In this essay, the author would like to introduce human capital theory (HCT) and educational signalling theory (EST), and assess how the applications of each of these two models can enrich the understanding of vertical reproduction of individuals’ social mobility opportunities. The author would also present the limitations of each of these two models when addressing relevant Chinese contexts.

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The Application of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

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2021

Social Sciences

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“…However, whether urban residents have undergone hukou conversion could be highly self‐selected because of observable characteristics (e.g., household income), unobservable characteristics (e.g., living habits or preferences), or both (Borjas et al., 2019; Dustmann & Mestres, 2010; Wang et al., 2020), which could affect household consumption at the same time. For instance, with a higher‐income level, people are more likely to obtain local urban hukou and have more consumption.…”

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“…It is possible for individuals born in rural areas to obtain local urban hukou (i.e., hukou conversion), through a highly restricted process (Chen et al., 2019; Wang et al., 2020). Generally, rural people convert hukou status mainly via achieving a higher education degree, purchasing a house, working as a civil servant, joining the army, or having land expropriated by the government.…”

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“…They find that rural hukou holders' consumption of livestock products, vegetables, and fruit is lower than that of urban residents, by 8.8% and 4.8%, respectively. Using panel data from the 2008-2010 Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), Wang et al (2020) find that converting hukou status from rural to urban through land expropriation enhances labor market outcomes.…”

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Urban segregation and consumption inequality: Does hukou conversion matter in China?

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Review Development Economics

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This paper develops a simple theoretical model and offers empirical evidence of urban segregation on consumption inequality between rural-to-urban migrants and urban residents. Our analyses are based on the 2007 China Household Income Project (CHIP) and the 2017 China Migrants Dynamics Survey (CMDS) data. Results obtained from propensity score matching and 2SLS methods show that urban segregation caused by the hukou system leads to significant consumption inequality between rural-to-urban migrants and urban residents. Hukou conversion matters for improving migrants' consumption, but when or how hukou was transferred makes little difference. Besides, we find that the disparity in consumption between rural-to-urban migrants and urban residents is more prominent in the higher-income group or in cities with stricter restrictions on hukou conversion. Finally, our results are robust to a series of sensitivity checks.

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“…This is, in part, because rural hukou holders residing in cities are denied to work in the public sectors nor enjoy the associated benefits, including unemployment subsidies and old-age pensions. These migrant cohorts have, thus, to work in non-public sectors, implying more working hours, lower wages and worse working conditions (Akgüç et al, 2014).…”

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The Applications of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

Hung¹

2021

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Exisitng studies argue life chances are, in part, vertically reproduced. Such a statement is applicable to the Chinese contexts as, but not limited to, parental hukou status, to some extent, determines the life chances their children receive. In this essay, the author would like to introduce human capital theory (HCT) and educational signalling theory (EST), and assess how the applications of each of these two models can enrich the understanding of vertical reproduction of individuals’ social mobility opportunities. The author would also present the limitations of each of these two models when addressing relevant Chinese contexts.

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Expropriation with hukou change and labour market outcomes in China

Cited by 19 publications

References 36 publications

The Application of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

The Application of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

Urban segregation and consumption inequality: Does hukou conversion matter in China?

The Applications of Human Capital Theory and Educational Signalling Theory to Explain Parental Influences on the Chinese Population’s Social Mobility Opportunities

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