Population Research ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 69-83.

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Triple Disadvantages: Social Exclusion and Economic Integration of Young Rural-to-Urban Migrants to the Host Society in China

Yang Juhua   

  1. Center for Population and Development Studies,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872.
  • Online:2012-09-29 Published:2013-02-01
  • Contact: juhua_yang@ ruc.edu.cn

社会排斥与青年乡-城流动人口经济融入的三重弱势

杨菊华   

  1. 中国人民大学人口与发展研究中心,北京 100872
  • 通讯作者: juhua_yang@ ruc.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    北京市社科基金重点项目“近30年北京市青年流动人口社会融入变动趋势研究”(项目批准号:11SHA004);国家社科基金“农民工家庭的城市融入问题研究”(项目批准号:10BRK013)

Abstract: In the process of large - scale internal migration and rapid pace of urbanization in the past two decades,rural - to - urban young migrants,defined as those born after 1980 to parents with a rural hukou registration,have become one of the most vulnerable segments of the population who might be triply disadvantaged.Drawing on the 2005 National 1% Population Survey data,this paper explores the patterns,status,and associates of economic integration of young migrants with a rural hukou registration ( i.e.,rural - to - urban migrants) to the host society.Preliminary findings suggest that the level of economic integration of young migrants is rather low,particularly for those with a rural registration.Such phenomena challenge the notion that marketization necessarily promotes rights and legal equality in a linear fashion,and the potentially positive impact of migration on development might be compromised by institutional constraints ( e.g.,hukou) and local residents' discrimination towards outsiders,particularly the youths.It also suggests that the pace of socioeconomic integration is lagged behind socioeconomic development.

Keywords: Social Exclusion, Young Rural - Urban Migrants, Socioeconomic Integration

摘要: 在近二、三十年大规模的人口流动、快速的城镇化进程中,青年乡-城流动人口可能因户籍性质、户籍地点、年轻(故而缺乏工作经历和经验)而成为中国目前最脆弱的群体之一。文章以社会排斥理论为分析框架,使用2005年全国1%人口抽样调查数据,探讨青年乡-城流动人口经济融入的模式、特点和影响因素。结果显示,与其他相关人群相比,该群体的绝对经济社会地位和相对融入水平都是最低的,处于三重弱势地位。该现象说明,社会发展带来的潜在的积极后果可能被制度及结构性因素所抵消;同时,文章的发现也挑战了"市场经济在纵向上,一定会促进权利和法律平等"的观点,暗示社会融入的进程滞后于经济社会发展水平,并呼唤打造一个更为包容、不同人群平等相处的和谐社会。

关键词: 社会排斥, 青年乡-城流动人口, 经济融入