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The Spatial and Career Mobility of China's Urban and Rural Labor Force

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

Lingxin Hao  and
Yucheng Liang
Lingxin Hao*
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Yucheng Liang
Affiliation:
Sun Yat-sen University, China
*
Corresponding author: Lingxin Hao (hao@jhu.edu)
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Abstract

In this article, we provide a comprehensive examination of the spatial and career mobility of China's labor population. We integrate theories on stratification and social change and exploit the innovative design and measurement of the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey to minimize the undercoverage problem of the rural-urban migratory experience. Our analysis provides several fresh findings: (1) at-birth rural household registration (hukou) status leads to a greater probability of spatial mobility and career advancement than at-birth urban hukou status does; (2) education and gender differentiates rural-origin people, increasing the heterogeneity of urban labor and decreasing the heterogeneity of rural labor; (3) hukou policy relaxation favors later cohorts over earlier cohorts; and (4) among demographically comparable people, having experienced spatial mobility is correlated with having career advancement experience. Work organizations are found to be the arena where the two dimensions of mobility can happen jointly. Our findings provide a rich context for understanding the management and organization of Chinese labor.

摘要:

摘要:

本文对中国城乡劳动人口的空间流动和职业流动进行了全面地检视。我们结合分层理论与社会变迁理论, 利用中国劳动力动态调查这一创新的设计和测量, 以使城乡迁移经验涵盖不足的问题最小化。我们的研究有一些新的发现: (1) 出生登记为农村户籍的劳动力, 其空间流动和职业发展的概率比出生登记为城市户籍者大; (2) 农村出身的劳动力在教育和性别上的差异, 增加了其成为城市劳动力的异质性, 而减少了留在农村劳动力的异质性; (3) 户籍政策放松有利于晚出生的群体而不是早出生的群体; (4) 从可进行人口比较的人口而言, 伴随着空间流动经历的往往是职业的发展经历。工作组织成为空间与职业这两个流动维度共同发生的舞台。我们的研究结果为理解中国劳工的管理和组织提供了丰富的内容。

Keywords

career mobilityChinaspatial mobilitysurvey
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Articles
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 135 - 158
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Copyright © The International Association for Chinese Management Research 2016 

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