Influential factors in employment location selection based on "push-pull" migration theory-a case study in Three Gorges Reservoir area in China

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	Influential factors in employment location selection based on "push-pull" migration theory-a case study in Three Gorges Reservoir area in China
	Xu Ding-de1,2 ; Zhang Ji-fei1 ; Xie Fang-ting3 ; Liu Shao-quan1 ; Cao Meng-tian1,2 ; Liu En-lai1,2
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2015-11-01
卷号	12 期号:6 页码:1562-1581
关键词	Off-farm employment Location selection Migrants Push-Pull migration theory Three Gorges Reservoir region China
ISSN号	1672-6316
通讯作者	LIU Shao-quan
英文摘要	In China, farmers employed in non-farm work have become important socio-economic actors, but few studies have examined the farmers' perspective in making their work location choices. Based on "push-pull" migration theory, this paper utilizes sectional data from a 2013 survey of farmers in China's Three Gorges Reservoir area to empirically analyze the factors influencing migrant workers' choice of employment location. The results indicate that 60.46% of laborers have migrated from their home province, whereas 39.54% have remained in their home province. Focusing on personal, household, and community characteristics-in addition to the economic characteristics of the sample counties-multinomial logistic regression models reveal that farmer-laborers' employment location decisions are influenced by their personal capital endowment (age, years of education and social networks), family structure (the number of laborers, elders, children and students), home village characteristics (location, economic development level and the degree of relief of the land) and home county economic development level. Notably, male and female laborers' location decisions reveal a converging trend, and their differences are not pronounced. Per capita arable land area has little influence on location decisions, whereas the educational level of laborers has a significant impact. The results differ significantly from those found in previous studies.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Environmental Sciences
研究领域[WOS]	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
关键词[WOS]	RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION ; MIGRANT WORKERS ; LABOR MIGRATION ; IMPACT ; URBANIZATION ; DETERMINANTS ; SETTLEMENTS ; INEQUALITY ; OPERATORS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000365269200019
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/11057]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2015_Vol12 No.6 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山区发展研究中心
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Jiangxi Agr Univ, New Rural Dev Res Inst, Nanchang 330000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu Ding-de,Zhang Ji-fei,Xie Fang-ting,et al. Influential factors in employment location selection based on "push-pull" migration theory-a case study in Three Gorges Reservoir area in China[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2015,12(6):1562-1581.
APA	Xu Ding-de,Zhang Ji-fei,Xie Fang-ting,Liu Shao-quan,Cao Meng-tian,&Liu En-lai.(2015).Influential factors in employment location selection based on "push-pull" migration theory-a case study in Three Gorges Reservoir area in China.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,12(6),1562-1581.
MLA	Xu Ding-de,et al."Influential factors in employment location selection based on "push-pull" migration theory-a case study in Three Gorges Reservoir area in China".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 12.6(2015):1562-1581.