THE<i>HUKOU</i>SYSTEM, RURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND MIGRANT INTEGRATION IN CHINA

Tyner, Adam; Yuan, Randong

doi:10.1017/jea.2016.18

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“…However, research has found that the role of hukou reforms in influencing the rural-to-urban migration flow has been limited (Hao & Tang, 2015;Sun, Bai, & Xie, 2011). One major reason is that many rural residents do not wish to settle in cities by giving their rural lands (Hao & Tang, 2015;Liu & Li, 2017;Tang & Hao, 2018;Tyner & Ren, 2016;You, Yang, & Fu, 2018). Nonetheless, the new policies that allow villagers to keep their rural lands while moving to urban area may arouse people's interest in urban settlement.…”

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Rural land reforms and villagers' preferences for urban settlement: A case study of Shandong Province, China

Wang

2020

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Based on surveys conducted in Shandong Province, China, this paper examined the interests of rural residents to move to and settle in cities, as well as the factors that motivate or discourage their potential settlement changes. Results of the binary logistic regression analysis showed that villagers' urban settlement preference was related to sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, and occupation. Overall, the separation of the “three rights” (collective ownership, land contract right, and land use right) associated with rural land has strengthened the urban settlement preference of rural residents. Nevertheless, we did not find significant association between land transfer and the preference for urban settlement. For villagers who expressed interest in urban settlement, better job opportunities, education opportunities, and higher income are the leading “pull” factors that would attract them to cities. The attachment to rural life, high living costs, and high housing prices in cities were the top concerns for villagers who did not want to move. The study also found that villagers' desired urban destinations changed with the changing land parameters, indicating that the outcomes of China's rural land reforms may not be aligned well with the policy goals laid in the country's urbanization and rural development plans.

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Rural land reforms and villagers' preferences for urban settlement: A case study of Shandong Province, China

Wang

2020

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“…Scholars argue that the Chinese migrants are experiencing formidable institutional, geographical, economic, cultural, and social barriers during the process of social integration [ 4 , 41 ]. Despite the reforms have extended the coverage of basic welfare to migrant population in the last few years, the household registration system ( Hukou ) is still regarded as a vital institutional factor hindering the process of migrators’ integration into cities [ 42 ]. Hence, research on the influential factors of migrants’ social integration has explored numerous factors, such as individual characteristics, institutional arrangements, social networks [ 43 , 44 , 45 ].…”

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Family Migration and Social Integration of Migrants: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China

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The social integration in host cities of China’s migrant population and its determinants has received much attention from researchers. However, few have directly addressed the family migration in differentiating migrants’ social integration. This study employs descriptive statistics and multivariate regression to explore the social integration across different family migration types, based on the data of China Migrants Dynamic Survey 2013 and 2017 in Wuhan metropolitan area. The findings show that the family migration in Wuhan metropolitan area is prevalent, and the central city Wuhan has advantages both in the proportion of whole-family migration and the scores of migrants’ social integration. In addition, the migrants’ family migration is significantly positively associated with their social integration, but the effect is variance in the regression models of social integration’s four dimensions. The findings reveal the Wuhan City’s leading position in promoting migrants’ social integration within the Wuhan metropolitan area. Furthermore, migration with more family members has higher levels of integration in economy and public service. This implies that the convenience provided by inflow cities’ government for family migration is crucial. To provide high-quality public services is of great significance to attract and retain migrants and then promote their overall social integration.

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“…Third, the institutional paradigm tends to regard the unique social institutional structure, including household registration, education and other social management systems, as a determinant of whether migrants can achieve integration. Especially in China, migrants with agricultural Hukou may experience invisible discrimination that slows their process of integration [ 45 , 46 ]. Fourth, the geographical paradigm addresses the impact of city-specific factors on the integration of Chinese migrant workers.…”

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How do city-specific factors affect migrant integration in China? A study based on a hierarchical linear model of migrants and cities

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Background Previous studies indicate that migrant integration is associated with migrants’ characteristics as well as restrictions and opportunities in receiving cities. However, the effect of receiving cities and the relationship between migrants and receiving cities have not been fully explored due to the lack of large samples from cities. The objective of this study is to examine the effects of receiving cities alone and their regulating role in the interaction with individual characteristics. Methods Cross-city data on 154,044 Chinese domestic migrants above 15 years old in 289 cities from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey are used. Migrant integration is assessed by a four-dimensional model proposed by Esser, which is slightly adjusted according to the characteristics of Chinese migrants. A hierarchical linear model is used to measure the proportion of effects of city factors in migrant integration as well as the effects when city factors are considered alone and in interaction with individual factors. Results The individual-level and city-level factors are responsible for 69.81% and 30.19% of the effect on migrant integration, respectively. City political factors do not affect migrant integration directly, and cities with larger sizes and higher wages can directly and significantly improve integration, while higher housing prices will directly inhibit integration. From the cross-level interaction of city and individual, different social, economic and political factors at the city level have an indirect impact on migrant integration by inhibiting or strengthening the effect of individual-level factors on migrant integration. Conclusion This study is one of the first to show the effect of cities and the relationship between receiving cities and migrants on migrant integration by keeping the national context constant. It is necessary to weaken the social and economic privileges associated with a city’s administrative level and reduce the negative impact of cities’ social and economic conditions by implementing city agglomeration, developing advantageous industries and optimizing the industrial structure. It is also essential to improve migrants’ socioeconomic capital through social support, occupation training and contiguous education.

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THEHUKOUSYSTEM, RURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND MIGRANT INTEGRATION IN CHINA

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Rural land reforms and villagers' preferences for urban settlement: A case study of Shandong Province, China

Rural land reforms and villagers' preferences for urban settlement: A case study of Shandong Province, China

Family Migration and Social Integration of Migrants: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China

How do city-specific factors affect migrant integration in China? A study based on a hierarchical linear model of migrants and cities

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