Place of Origin and Labour Market Outcomes Among Migrant Workers in Urban China

Bibliographic Data

ID10860271
AuthorsChunni Zhang (0000-0002-6929-3652, Chinese University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Yu Xie (0000-0002-4832-3453)
Year2013
Volume50
Issue14
Pages3011-3026
Publication date2013-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042098013482499
PMID24223441
PMCIDPMC3819234
OpenAlexW2149151193
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited35

The localistic enclave is a special kind of enclave in urban China, which is characterised by a high concentration of rural migrants from the same place of origin. Prior research has documented that rural migrants work in these localistic enclaves, but the significance of participation in them for labour market outcomes among migrant workers has yet to be determined. In this article, it is argued that localistic economic enclaves may improve the labour force outcomes of rural-to-urban migrants. Results are reported from a study of the social determinants and consequences of working in localistic enclaves, based on data from a 2010 survey of migrant workers in the Pearl River and the Yangzi River deltas. The results provide limited support for the hypothesis: localistic enclaves enable migrant workers to earn higher earnings overall, but the earnings returns to human capital in an enclave are limited

Business · China · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Labour economics · Migrant workers · Survey data collection · Work (physics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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