Honors Theses
Urbanization and Exclusion: Examining the Wages of Migrant Workers in the Chinese Urban Labor Market
Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Croft Institute for International Studies
First Advisor
Gang Guo
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This work is primarily an examination of the economic effects of the Hukou system on migrant workers who live in cities. By endeavoring to control for any differences in background and human capital, I will attempt to isolate any premium attached the possession of urban Hukou. What, if any, benefit or advantage do urban citizens have over rural migrant in cities? Will they be favorably treated and will migrants be discriminated against? These are all questions that my project seeks to answer through the construction of a linear regression model that estimates the wages of both urban and migrant workers. The findings from this research suggest that human capital will significantly affect wages more than possession of urban Hukou.
Recommended Citation
Heitzmann, Evan, "Urbanization and Exclusion: Examining the Wages of Migrant Workers in the Chinese Urban Labor Market" (2016). Honors Theses. 334.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/334
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Comments
A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.