Making Modernity in China
Employment and Entrepreneurship among the New Generation of Peasant Workers
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 20483189 |
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| Autores | Lu Zheng (0000-0002-3340-7558, Department of Sociology Tsinghua University 30 Shuangqing Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China), Xiaobin He (0000-0002-5600-3513, Department of Sociology Tsinghua University 30 Shuangqing Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China, autor de correspondencia), Likun Cao (0000-0001-5234-3855, Department of Sociology Tsinghua University 30 Shuangqing Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China), Hongzhi Xu (0000-0001-6238-3965, Department of Sociology Tsinghua University 30 Shuangqing Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China) |
| Año | 2018 |
| Volumen | 27 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 26-40 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2018-03-01 |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | International Journal of Japanese Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0918-7545 • E-ISSN: 1475-6781 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ijjs.12077 |
| OpenAlex | W2789489555 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 2 |
China is experiencing urbanization and modernization at the largest scale in human history. An army of over 280 million “peasant workers” are an integral part of this great transformation to modernity. Drawing on different data sources, including national representative random samples and the authors' first‐hand survey data, we provide systematic comparisons between the older and the younger generation of peasant workers and between young peasant entrepreneurs in cities and young returnee entrepreneurs. We found that, compared with the older generation, the younger generation of peasant workers is better educated, holds more stable jobs, has a higher income, lives a happier life and is more optimistic about the future. Our analysis of the two types of peasant entrepreneurs shows that they are the elites among peasant workers, running successful business and making handsome profits. We also note that discrimination and institutional obstacles, especially the hukou system, remain to be overcome in the peasant workers' transition to modernity
China · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Modernity · Modernization theory · Peasant · Political science · Sociology · Urbanization · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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