Abstract
Purpose: This thesis seeks to increase our understanding of migratory behaviour of floating population and the discrimination against migrant workers in China's urban labour market.
Theoretical perspective: The literature mainly contains three kinds of theoretical approaches:
1. the "push and pull" theory, human capital investment theory and two sectors theory.
2. the labour market segmentation theory.
3. the discrimination theory.
Methodology:
1. The Conditional Logit Model was used to analyse the impact of economic and social development of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin on the migratory behaviour of migrant workers.
2. A series of econometric models, for instance, the Multinomial Logit Model, the Quantile Regression, the Quantile Decomposition method, the Count Model, the Logit Model and the Oaxaca-Blinder method were used to calculate the degree to which the discrimination against migrant workers and female workers from different groups in employment, wage earnings and welfare entitlement.
Research implications: the study applies the migration theory, discrimination theory and the labour market segmentation theory empirically in a transitional society.
Practical and Social implications: the systematic study on the employment, wage earnings and welfare entitlement of migrant workers in the urban labour market could provide evidence for Chinese government's policy making.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 104-105 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Expo 2011 Higher Degree Research : book of abstracts |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | Higher Degree Research Expo (7th : 2011) - Sydney Duration: 10 Oct 2011 → 11 Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- migrant workers
- gender
- migratory behaviour
- multi-segmentation
- discrimination