Finding a job in urban China
A comparative analysis of migrants and natives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6151304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kuang-Chi Chang (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-94 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2424-8606 • E-ISSN: 2424-8150 |
| Publisher | AccScience Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.18063/ijps.2015.01.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2292599626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
Although migration scholars have demonstrated that migrant workers behave diffe-rently from locals when looking for jobs, past research in China’s urban labor market has pre-sented puzzling results by showing that individuals (both rural migrants and urban natives alike) predominantly rely on social networks when job searching. Using data collected by a 2008 survey in Shanghai, this study nonetheless reveals significant differences between the two groups’ job searching methods insofar as migrants are less likely to use hierarchy method to find jobs. I also show that while both migrants and urban natives often relied on network me-thod when looking for employment, the pattern of such reliance decreases over time. I suggest job search methods, particular network behavior, can be viewed as strategies that individuals employ to solve problems in their specific institutional environment, and such strategies are likely to evolve in response to the changing opportunities and incentives in the corresponding institutional segments for Chinese migrants and natives
China · Demographic economics · Economics · Hierarchy · Incentive · Political science · Population · Sociology · Survey data collection · Urban hierarchy · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Communist Neo-Traditionalism
Getting a Job
Social Stigma and Mental Health among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Guanxi and the Allocation of Urban Jobs in China
Is China Abolishing the Hukou System?
Labour Market Reform and the Plight of the Laid-off Proletariat
The Declining Significance of Guanxi in China's Economic Transition
Social Networks and Status Attainment
Social Connections in China
The Two-Tier Labor Market in Urban China
Social Capital and Work Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
A Path to Understanding Guanxi in China's Transitional Economy
The Impact of Hukou Status on Migrants’ Employment
Immigrants and Social Networks in a Job-Scarce Environment
Rural Migrants in Shanghai
The State Connection in China's Rural-Urban Migration
The household registration system and social stratification in China
The Information Have-Less
The Elite, the Natives, and the Outsiders
Popular Contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834
Between Markets and Politics
Bringing Strong Ties Back in
Primary, Secondary, and Enclave Labor Markets
The Informal Economy and Its Paradoxes
Through Thick and Thin
Managing Transition
Central Problems in Social Theory
Migration and Privatization of Space and Power in Late Socialist China
Social Capital and the Wages of Mexican Migrants
Guanxi networks and job searches in China's emerging labour market
The Great Transition
Face and Favor
Immigrant Enclaves
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |