Chinese Migrants' Class Mobility in Hong Kong

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9954891
AutoresC K Cheung (0000-0003-3278-1633, City University of Hong Kong, autor de correspondencia), Chau‐kiu Cheung (Department of Applied Social Studies City University of Hong Kong), Kwan‐kwok Leung (0000-0002-7382-7215, Department of Applied Social Studies City University of Hong Kong)
Año2012
Volumen53
Número2
Páginas219-235
Fecha de publicación2012-09-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00778.x
OpenAlexW2035190865
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas62

Resources such as education and social networks are likely to contribute to migrants' upward mobility in the class hierarchy. Moreover, according to structural fit theory, the contribution tends to be contingent on age and social network size. The contingency is the major concern of the present study of mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong, which is somewhat different from the Chinese mainland economically, politically and even culturally. In this study, we show that the conditions for upward mobility are some human and social resources and their various combinations. Notably, schooling after arrival in Hong Kong contributed more to the upward mobility of the migrant who was younger or had a larger social network at the time of arrival in Hong Kong. Purportedly, promoting the migrant's integration with the school and local social network would prepare the migrant for upward mobility

China · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Hierarchy · Mainland · Mainland China · Political science · Social class · Social hierarchy · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Social Capital and Networks