Social cognition, socioeconomic status and subjective well-being of Chinese migrant workers

Abstract

In the framework of the new economic norm, industrial restructuring and social development have made it more difficult for migrant workers to experience subjective well-being. The subjective well-being of migrant workers is based on the unity of internal and external needs, material and immaterial needs. Thus, based on data from the 2017 China General Social Survey (CGSS), this paper applies ordered logit models and OLS models to investigate the impact of social cognition and socioeconomic status on the subjective well-being of migrant workers and their intergenerational differences. The results indicate that: (1) Social cognition has a significant impact, and the impact of fairness perception is more pronounced than depression perception and class change perception; (2) among socioeconomic status, personal income did not have a significant effect as education level, car ownership and house property ownership; (3) there are intergenerational differences. The emotional state of the older generation is the most critical factor influencing their subjective well-being. In contrast, the new generation is more concerned with their feelings about future expectations. The older generation is more concerned with their house property ownership, while the increase in income, education and car ownership can significantly increase the subjective well-being of the new generation. For this reason, we believe that the Chinese government should gradually change the existing urban and rural management system to create a fair and just social environment; make migrant workers receive the same protection as urban residents and improve the income distribution mechanism; pay attention to the social security of the older generation of migrant workers and the development opportunities of the new generation of migrant workers and their ability to integrate into the city to improve their subjective well-being.

Legal Politics Of Providing Social Security For Indonesian Migrant Workers Based On The Concept Of Care Ethics

“…In this research paper, the author will focus on the legal politics of social security for Indonesian migrant workers in terms of the concept of ethics of care theory concept which is one part of the study of feminism theory, the vulnerability of Indonesian migrant workers abroad in working there needs to be an element of providing clear social security by the Indonesian government, as there is a great opportunity for the vulnerability of work accidents during work, the government's efforts in providing social security in its development to date have provided protection for migrant workers who will work abroad, This can be traced to the establishment of several social security regulations in regulations relating to migrant workers which aim to protect the rights of migrant workers as a form of state responsibility to protect workers, but on the other hand, social security for the families of migrant workers is not obtained by them when migrant workers working abroad in this case are faced with cases such as experiencing illness, unpaid salaries to experience slavery during work (Huang et al, 2024).…”