Hukou System, Horizontal, Vertical, and Full Job-Education Mismatch and Wage Progression among College Floating Population in Beijing, China

This article investigates college graduates in Beijing, China, and asks, First: Whether college graduates without local hukou are prone to educational mismatch? Second: What role does the hukou system play in the educational mismatch? And third: Whether college graduates without local hukou are willing to lower their wages in order to get a hukou? I use the Beijing College Students Panel Survey (BCSPS), and multinomial logit models and the linear regression analyses are conducted. I find that college graduates with (without) local hukou through job are more likely to be vertical and full mismatch than locals, and those who obtain a hukou through job have a higher full mismatch. After considering the educational mismatch, there is no significant difference in monthly wages between college graduates (not) having a hukou by work and locals.

Does the Revised Hukou System Facilitate or Restrain the Short-Term Labor Inflows into Chinese Cities?

According to previous studies, the Chinese revised Hukou system has not been proven to be effective in the short-term movement of the rural labor force or in controlling urban populations. In this study, we address and analyze the self-selection problem from the perspective of inflows of short-term migration from the rural labor force and the endogeneity problem in the adoption of the revised Hukou system, based on the data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The study shows that the revised Hukou system adopted by Chinese local governments was significantly efficient and harmed the short-term migration decisions of the rural labor force.

Commuting time and sickness absence in China: Rural/urban variations and Hukou impacts

This article addresses three main issues: the relationship between commute time and sickness absence, the heterogeneity of the commuting–absenteeism effect between rural migrants and urban citizens, and the effect of China’s Hukou system on the commuting–absenteeism effect. It applies a unique set of employer–employee matched data in China and a zero-inflated negative binomial model. We find clear evidence that a longer commuting time contributes to an increase in sickness absence. The heterogeneity of the commuting–absenteeism effect can also be confirmed: longer commuting leads to higher absence rates for urban citizens but not for rural migrants. Furthermore, we explore the effect of commuting on a set of health-related outcomes. The estimations demonstrate that commuting time has a significant impact on health-related outcomes for both migrants and urban citizens, but unequal access to housing provision and to social health insurance in the Hukou system may mean that rural migrants resort to more informal medical services and thus lack access to the official sickness certificate required to seek legal sickness absence. We recommend accelerated reform of the Hukou system to encourage rural workers to seek appropriate and timely medical services, thereby reducing public health risks. JEL Codes: I12, I14, J83, N35, N75

Co nurtuje Chińczyków, czyli o aktualnych problemach w chińskiej prasie. Artykuł recenzyjny: Prasa chińska o przemianach społeczno-kulturowych kraju w początkach XXI wieku, red. K. Gawlikowski et al., Warszawa 2020

What gets under Chinese people’s skins? Currents problems in the Chinese press. Review article: Prasa chińska o przemianach społeczno-kulturowych kraju w początkach XXI wieku [Chinese Press on the Country’s Socio-Cultural Changes at the Beginning of the 21st Century], eds. K. Gawlikowski et al., Warszawa 2020 This article review presents the current points of view regarding “hot topics” widely discussed in Chinese press. They have been compiled in the book titled “Chinese Press on the Country’s Socio-Cultural Changes at the Beginning of the 21st Century” edited by Krzysztof Gawlikowski et al. The authors endeavour to explain the most significant socio-cultural changes that have occurred recently in China. Hence, the article touches upon issues such as role of Confucianism in modern China, system of education, relation between authorities and citizens, new perspectives on hukou system as well as familial relations and health care system in China.