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EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF CITY-WARD MIGRANTS: A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES OF MIGRATION TO TAIPEI.

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Title/Author:	EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF CITY-WARD MIGRANTS: A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES OF MIGRATION TO TAIPEI./
Author:	TSAY, CHING-LUNG.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1980,
Description:	261 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International41-07A.
Subject:	Demographics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8111187
ISBN:	9798661870926

EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF CITY-WARD MIGRANTS: A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES OF MIGRATION TO TAIPEI.
TSAY, CHING-LUNG.

EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF CITY-WARD MIGRANTS: A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES OF MIGRATION TO TAIPEI. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1980 - 261 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 1980.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This study evaluates the individual outcomes of migration to Taipei with concentration on employment and earnings. The major purpose is to assess whether migrants are better off after moving to Taipei as well as whether they are well assimilated into the urban labor market. Utilizing data from the 1973 Taiwan Migration Survey, the assessment was made by (1) contrasting movers with otherwise similar stayers at places of origin to ascertain the effect of migration on migrants, (2) investigating the relationship between migration and the urban labor market through a comparison of migrants with lifetime city residents to explore the source of migrant gains, and (3) comparing first jobs in the city with current jobs at the time of interview to monitor the process of migrant adjustment. In testing the hypothesis that migrants have higher labor income than their stayer counterparts, a modified human capital model was formulated. Based upon this model, separate earnings functions were estimated for movers and stayers by regression equations. The results suggest that there are significant net income gains associated with migration to Taipei, even when the amount of human capital is held constant. Furthermore, the earnings gain accruing to all migrants was estimated at 20 percent of the average labor income they would have received had they remained in places of origin. With respect to activity characteristics, the data indicate that migrants have achieved employment gains in the long-run, although recent migrants suffer from unemployment due to the move. Examination on types of industry, however, suggest little positive effect of migration. With regard to occupational composition, migrants show improvement by moving away from the blue-collar and miscellaneous jobs. Finally, the data on working status reveal that the proportion of employees is substantially higher among migrants than stayers. In testing the hypothesis that movers earn as much as their city-born counterparts, the modified human capital model was again utilized as a basis for estimating earnings functions. The results from regression analyses show that the earnings pattern of migrants is virtually indistinguishable from that of lifetime Taipei residents. The observed differences in labor income between the two groups are due to interpersonal discrepancies in educational attainment, potential years of work experience, occupation, and working status. In terms of employment characteristics, movers appear to be well absorbed by the Taipei labor market and show no inferiority to the city-born. Among the employed, the industrial compositions reveal that migrants are more concentrated in the tertiary industries than natives. The data on occupational and working status further indicate that migrants are not being discriminated in the urban labor market. Analysis of the retrospective job histories additionally confirms the hypothesis that migrants in Taipei have made an economically successful adjustment. This research concludes that migrants in Taipei have derived significant benefits from moving. Furthermore, they are well assimilated into the urban labor market and fare as well as their native counterparts. These findings suggest that, in addition to the effect of migrant adjustment, a portion of the migrant gains has resulted from the more favorable labor market conditions in Taipei than in the rest of Taiwan. Accordingly, policies to discourage city-ward migration without regard to migrant experience in the city are less likely to be effective. The implication of this study is that development strategies which influence the regional distributions of job creation and opportunities for advancement in expanding industries should be adopted in order to prevent further population concentration in Taipei.

ISBN: 9798661870926Subjects--Topical Terms:

3540640
Demographics.

EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF CITY-WARD MIGRANTS: A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES OF MIGRATION TO TAIPEI.
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