Returning home for a better job? Return migration, family background, and labor market outcomes among recent college graduates in China

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

社会 Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1177/2057150X231191397

Mengyao Zhao

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Abstract

In previous studies of migration, return migration is usually considered a behavior determined by negative self-selection. This study pools data from three waves of the China College Student Survey (2010, 2013, and 2015) to explore the return migration behavior of Chinese college graduates and its impact on their labor market performance. The results show that graduate return migrants have advantages in terms of family background, although they do not perform as well in terms of human capital. Relative to graduate nonreturn migrants, return migrants have a greater chance of securing positions in governmental organizations, and this advantage is reinforced by family political capital. In addition, income analysis shows that return migrants seem to have an advantage over nonreturn migrants when the effects of migrant selectivity are considered. This study systematically discusses the monetary and occupational returns to return migration of highly educated individuals in a non-Western context, and has important implications for our understanding of the relationship between migration and social inequality.

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回家找一份更好的工作？中国应届大学毕业生的返乡移民、家庭背景和劳动力市场结果

在以往的迁徙研究中，回迁通常被认为是一种由负向自我选择决定的行为。本研究利用2010年、2013年和2015年三次中国大学生调查数据，探讨中国大学毕业生的返乡行为及其对劳动力市场绩效的影响。结果表明，高校毕业生归国务工人员在家庭背景方面具有优势，但在人力资本方面表现不佳。与毕业后未回国的移民相比，回国移民有更大的机会在政府组织中获得职位，而这种优势因家庭政治资本而得到加强。此外，收入分析表明，当考虑到移民选择性的影响时，回归移民似乎比非回归移民具有优势。本研究系统地讨论了非西方背景下高学历个人回国移民的货币和职业回报，对我们理解移民与社会不平等之间的关系具有重要意义。

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社会 Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

CiteScore

1.70

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发文量

6799

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