Author(s): ZHOU Chuang, Center for Econometric Analysis and Forecasting, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Pages: 69-78
Year: 2014 Issue:  6
Journal: Population & Economics
Keyword:  migrant workers; employment stability; the double-negative effect;
Abstract: We distinguish the stable employment as signing over one year contract with employers and investigate the employment stability difference between migrant workers and urban workers applying the decomposition technique to binary outcome model. The results show: the ratio of stable employment in migrant workers is significantly lower than that in urban workers and the difference in education and in experience contributed to the ratio gap most; the ratio gap explained by discrimination is lower than that can be explained by the difference in human capital; the multiple levels of discrimination due to being a woman and a migrant at the same time intersect for female migrant workers,but the double-negative effect is also smaller than the effect explained by the difference in human capital. In addition,the lower coverage of public employment service in migrant workers and the difference in the employment industry can also explain the ratio gap modestly.