The impact mechanism of social networks on Chinese rural–urban migrant workers’ behaviour and wages

Chunchao Wang, Huahui Lao and Xianbo Zhou

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2014, vol. 25, issue 2, 353-371

Abstract: Chinese domestic rural–urban migrant workers have played a substantial role in economic development since the late 1970s. This article makes an attempt to establish a two-period hiring model interpreting the impact mechanism of social networks on migrant workers’ wages. The findings indicate that the extension of social networks of both firms and workers facilitates a decrease in the information gap between them and improves extra common benefits to both.

Keywords: Guanxi; impact mechanism; rural–urban migrant worker; social network; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1035304614534560

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