The Effects of Vocational-Skills Training on Migrant Workers’ Willingness to Settle in Urban Areas in China

Zhao, Chuangxin; Tang, Manping; Li, Houjian

doi:10.3390/su141911914

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“…In terms of instrumental variable selection, this article refers to the methodologies adopted in these studies and employs data from four rounds of tracking data from the 2012-2018 CLDS for discussion [52,53]. In the selection of control variables, three primary aspects are considered: individual, family, and village characteristics.…”

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Pollution Control and Well-Being in Rural Areas: A Study Based on Survey Data

Zhou,

Chen,

Liu

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Pollution control is of great value in order to achieve sustainable development and meet the needs of human development. This paper utilizes data from four rounds of longitudinal surveys conducted between 2012 and 2018 as part of the China Labor Force Dynamic Survey. Employing multiple linear regression methods, it empirically investigates the impact of pollution control on the well-being of rural residents. Empirical results show that even after accounting for individual, village, and family characteristics, pollution control significantly affects the happiness of rural residents. Notably, water pollution control emerges as having the most pronounced impact on rural residents’ happiness. Furthermore, pollution control enhances the well-being of rural residents by improving the village environment, fostering family harmony, and enhancing the physical and mental health of individuals. A heterogeneity analysis indicates that pollution control exerts a stronger influence on the happiness of residents in the central and western region and ordinary villages, while its impact is somewhat weaker in the eastern region. Addressing the pollution issue remains imperative, along with stimulating the endogenous drivers of rural ecological revitalization, enhancing the effectiveness of grassroots governance in rural areas, and continually bolstering the sense of well-being and happiness among the populace.

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Section: Variable Definition and Descriptionmentioning

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Pollution Control and Well-Being in Rural Areas: A Study Based on Survey Data

Zhou,

Chen,

Liu

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…There is a huge gap between rural migrants and urban residents, especially in their concepts and knowledge level, which makes it difficult for them to integrate into urban society. Influenced by traditional thinking concepts and lifestyles, most rural migrants lack the economic willingness and ability to reinvest in improving their cultural quality and vocational skills [ 14 , 15 ], resulting in the lack of employment competitiveness and difficulty in truly integrating into urban life. This also leads to a lack of security and a sense of belonging in the city, which makes it impossible for rural migrants to establish and develop in the city for a long time.…”

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How does choice of residential community affect the social integration of rural migrants: insights from China

Zhao,

Wu,

Wang

et al. 2024

BMC Psychol

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The construction of public space is a new and important way to integrate rural migrants into urban society. Existing studies mainly discussed the factors affecting the social integration of rural migrants from the micro-individual and macro-system levels. Still, they seldom analyzed the differences between rural migrants’ residential communities and the roles these differences play in their social integration, especially from the perspective of residential space. Based on the data of the 2014 China Migrants Dynamic Monitoring Survey, this paper systematically examines the impact of residential community selection on the social integration of rural migrants and its possible effects using OLS, 2SLS, CMP, omitted variable test method, and KHB mediating effect model. It is found that the choice of residential community has a significant positive impact on the social integration of rural migrants, and the social integration of rural migrants living in formal communities has increased by 2.44%-3.20%. To overcome the potential endogeneity problems and selection bias of the empirical model, the study further adopted an instrumental variable estimation approach, combined with the omitted variable method for robustness check; the results still revealed the positive effect of living in formal communities on the social integration of rural migrants. The heterogeneous results showed that living in formal communities has a greater effect on the social integration of women and older-generation rural migrants. The farther the migration range and the longer the residence time of rural migrants, the greater the effect of living in the formal community on their social integration. Further mechanism testing revealed that living in formal communities not only directly enhances the social integration of rural migrants but also indirectly improves their social integration through public resource allocation, human capital accumulation, social status screening, and social network expansion. The indirect effect of capital accumulation is even greater. Therefore, to accelerate the full integration of rural migrants into urban society and achieve real urbanization and citizenship, the study proposes that the government should scientifically plan the layout of rural migrants’ living space and the construction of supporting facilities.

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“…Secondly, the impact of economic factors (such as income growth) on the settlement intentions of migrants is not linear but inverted U-shaped after reaching a certain threshold and will inhibit the settlement intentions of migrants [9]. In terms of social factors and human capital factors, social identity [9], social ties [10], social integration [11], and even vocational-skills training [12] all have the significant effects on the settlement intentions of migrants. Finally, some residence factors, like housing security or homeownership, also have a significant effect on the settlement intentions of migrants [13,14].…”

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Local Government’s Land Finance Dependence and Migrants’ Settlement Intentions: Evidence from China

Zhang

2023

Land

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In the context of China’s new urbanization construction, it is crucial to deal with the issue of migrants. While land finance, as an essential means of local government financing in China over the past three decades, has made important contributions to China’s economic growth, the impact of land finance on the settlement intentions of migrants still needs to be studied. This study considered cross-sectional data containing 78,642 samples based on the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey 2017 (CMDS) and China Land and Resources Statistical Yearbook. In addition, a binary choice model was constructed, and the impact of the degree of land finance on the settlement intentions of migrants for the prefecture-level cities in China was empirically analyzed. With the help of the mediating- and moderating-effect models, the impact of the degree of land finance on the settlement intentions of migrants was examined from the perspectives of housing pressure, social security, and housing property rights. The results show the following: (1) The higher the degree of land finance, the lower the settlement intentions of migrants. (2) Land finance’s effect on settlement intentions is stronger for urban domiciles, low-skilled laborers, in large cities, and eastern and southern cities in these samples. (3) The higher the degree of land finance, the greater the housing pressure on the migrants, further reducing the settlement intentions of these individuals. However, social security and homeownership can reduce the negative effect of land finance on the settlement intentions of migrants. This paper provides policy implications for the construction of new urbanization and the realization of modernization.

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The Effects of Vocational-Skills Training on Migrant Workers’ Willingness to Settle in Urban Areas in China

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Pollution Control and Well-Being in Rural Areas: A Study Based on Survey Data

Pollution Control and Well-Being in Rural Areas: A Study Based on Survey Data

How does choice of residential community affect the social integration of rural migrants: insights from China

Local Government’s Land Finance Dependence and Migrants’ Settlement Intentions: Evidence from China

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