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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Employment and wage discrimination in the Chinese cities: A comparative study of migrants and locals |
Author: | Cheng, Z. Guo, F. Hugo, G. Yuan, X. |
Citation: | Habitat International, 2013; 39:246-255 |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0197-3975 1873-5428 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Zhiming Cheng, Fei Guo, Graeme Hugo, Xin Yuan |
Abstract: | The urban labour market in China has been institutionally segmented, partly due to the hukou (household registration) system, in which rural-to-urban migrants have been discriminated against. However, the analytical framework in the literature that is based on the rural-urban divide fails to capture the diverse nature of the urban floating population, in which the urban-to-urban migrant segment is a growing proportion. This paper considers this regional divide, based on the dichotomy of migrants and locals, and examines the discrimination experienced alongside the rural-urban divide. By using original survey data collected from four megacities, this study analyses and compares employment attainments and wage differentials between rural migrants, urban migrants and urban locals. The results demonstrate the existence of the dual divides, and show that, compared with urban locals, rural migrants suffer employment and wage discrimination, while urban migrants suffer only employment discrimination. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. |
Keywords: | Rural and urban migrants labour market segregation employment attainments wage differentials |
Rights: | © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.11.007 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.11.007 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Australian Population and Migration Research Centre publications Geography, Environment and Population publications |
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