Winner or loser: urban work experience and rural labour occupational change after return migration

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2021
Volume: 53
Issue: 60
Pages: 6964-6981

Authors (3)

Huayan Zhang (not in RePEc) Yao Li (not in RePEc) Jianqing Ruan (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Recent decades have witnessed return migration of rural labour. Whether urban work experience could help return migrant rural labour engaged in non-agricultural employment and archive career development? In this article, we employ 2014 China Labor Dynamic Survey (CLDS) data set to investigate the effect of outgoing working experience on return migrated labour’s non-agricultural occupational change. This article indicates that, compared with agricultural employment, return migrated labour is more inclined to engage in waged employment than remaining village labour. What’s more, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between outside working time and non-agricultural employment preference. Based on the above research, this article puts forward relevant policy recommendations.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:53:y:2021:i:60:p:6964-6981
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25