General Report on the Status of Chinese Rural Migrant Workers and Their Development Trends
25 Pages Posted: 15 Sep 2009
Abstract
This paper reviews the development of the rural migrant worker issue in China since reform and opening-up began. Firstly, utilizing substantial investigation, the authors analyze the new characteristics of Chinese rural migrant workers; Secondly, authors analyze the migrant workers’ contributions to reshaping the rural landscape and to driving China’s economic development and social structural change; Final y, using a quantitative analysis model, they examine the long-term trends of rural migrant workers and their interactions with acroeconomic and social development.
Keywords: rural migrant workers, labor transfer, citizenship
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