Explanations for the weak information acquisition ability of new generation migrant workers

Abstract

Job information is the basic resource for employment, job information acquisition ability directly affects the employment of new generation migrant workers. This paper analyzed job information acquisition ability through normal channels of new generation migrant workers from different types of the cities from both supply and demand aspects, used Demand-Identified Bivariate Probit Model to analyze factors that effect their information acquisition ability through the normal channels. The results show that: 1 the weak ability of information acquisition of new generation migrant workers not only relates to the information supply but also the demand of it; 2 frequent change of cities and jobs make their job information demand decrease; the ones with low technical level have strong information demand, while the supply is poor. Therefore, reducing their changes of cities during mobility, improving their occupational technology level and developing and satisfying their job information demand from normal channel is the fundamental way to improve their information acquisition ability and guarantee their employment.