Analysis on Factors Affecting Decision-making of Migrant Population in Large Cities of China

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2011-02-12
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Inthispaper,basedonsurveydataoffourcities,migrantpopulationin2008,weusemulti-levelLogitmodeltoanalyzethefactorsofinpidualandareasofdestinationwhichhaveimpactonmigrationbehaviorofmigrantpopulationinlargecities.Wefindthattherearelargechangesinthebehaviorofmigrants:Firstly,theriseintheproportionofmigrantcitizenshasledtotheeffectsofgender,maritalstatusandhouseholdtypeandotherfactorsontheprobabilityofmigrationarenotsignificant,andthemigrationisappearingtobaseonthefamilyunit;Secondly,duetothediscriminationagainstmigrantsinemploymentandwageincome,andtheupgradeofindustrialstructure,theattractivenessoftheincreasingjobstothemigrantpopulationhasdeclined,andmigrants,expectedincomeisdetachingfromtheincomelevelofurbanresidents;Thirdly,thegrowthofurbanladors,averagewagehasextrusioneffectontheemploymentofthemigrantlaborsintheinformalsector,whichreducestheprobabilityofpotentialmigrantpopulation.