The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach

Long, Wenjin; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina

doi:10.1080/14765284.2017.1287538

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“…A number of studies have examined how migrant networks determine where a migrant goes, where s/he lives and what s/he does (Ma and Xiang, 1998). Some empirical studies provide indirect evidence that a larger size of network increases a migrant’s income (Chen, 2011; Lu et al, 2013), while others find that network usage is negatively associated with earnings (Fang et al, 2016; Long et al, 2017). In order to understand the complex milieu of migrant networks, this section provides a review of the Chinese background and relevant literature, drawing loosely from the network theory of social capital and social influence.…”

Section: Literature Review and Research Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant Workers in Beijing: How Hometown Ties Affect Economic Outcomes

Zhao

Jin

2019

Work, Employment and Society

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Migrant networks have long been regarded as helpful for facilitating migration and assimilation. However, research examining the influence of migrant networks on labour market outcomes for migrants has provided mixed results. This article investigates the impact of hometown ties on migrants’ labour market outcomes in the context of Chinese internal migration, by utilizing data from migrants in Beijing to perform statistical analyses of income and informal employment (i.e. employment without legal documents). After adjusting for the potential bias that results from the workers’ self-selectivity into the use of hometown ties in finding jobs, the analyses show that the hourly income of migrants is lower if they depend on hometown ties to find jobs. Also, migrants who rely on hometown ties for jobs are more likely to be informally employed, which has a detrimental effect on their overall welfare.

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Section: Literature Review and Research Contextmentioning

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Migrant Workers in Beijing: How Hometown Ties Affect Economic Outcomes

Zhao

Jin

2019

Work, Employment and Society

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“…One feature of their study is that they take into account the endogenous formation of migrants' networks after migration. Long et al (2017) examine the impact of networks on migrants' wages using the proportion of labor migrants in the home village as a proxy for the village social network. The role of networks in the migration decision has previously been analyzed by Zhao (2003), who found that previous rural-to-urban migration -represented by the network of earlier migrants -positively influences subsequent migrations.…”

Section: Social Network In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Strong versus weak ties in migration

Giulietti

Wahba

Zénou

2018

European Economic Review

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This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in rural-to-urban migration decisions in China. We develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We use unique longitudinal data that allow us to test our model by focusing on first-time migration. We address the endogeneity of weak ties using an instrumental variable procedure. Our results indicate that weak and strong ties provide different type of help and hence act as complements in the migration decision, with the interactive effect being particularly strong above a certain threshold of weak ties.

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“…a friend of a friend or a casual acquaintance) in a worker’s job search in China (Bian and Ang, ; Cheung and Gui, ). Furthermore, without considering the size of the individual social network, the effect of whether to use the social network is ambiguous (Long et al , ; Chang et al , ).…”

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Role of Individual Social Capital in Wage Determination: Evidence from China

Yang

2017

Asian Economic Journal

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The present study examines the role of individual‐level social capital in workers’ wage determination in a Nash‐bargaining wage model using Chinese micro‐level data. The study finds a significant contribution of individual‐specific social capital to the wage level. In particular, larger individual social networks and workers’ positive attitudes toward social capital significantly increase the wage level. Moreover, the effect of social capital on the wage level is much larger for men than for women. The results indicate that construction of individual social capital could increase workers’ wages. However, efforts are needed to reduce the unequal contributions of social capital between men and women.

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The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach

Cited by 13 publications

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Migrant Workers in Beijing: How Hometown Ties Affect Economic Outcomes

Migrant Workers in Beijing: How Hometown Ties Affect Economic Outcomes

Strong versus weak ties in migration

Role of Individual Social Capital in Wage Determination: Evidence from China

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