《Hybrid tenure structure, stratified rights to the city: An examination of migrants’ tenure choice in Beijing》

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作者
Ran Liu
来源
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.85,P.41-52
语言
英文
关键字
Housing tenure;Migration;Stratification;Beijing;Citizen;Policy
作者单位
College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, No.105 West 3rd Ring Road North, Beijing, 100048, China;College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, No.105 West 3rd Ring Road North, Beijing, 100048, China
摘要
By virtue of the hukou reform issued by the State Council in 2014, a more people-oriented development path under a ‘New Urbanization Model’ is implemented during the 13th Five Year Plan. In a new grading regime, migrants' housing tenurial status plays a crucial role in differentiating who are qualified to enjoy the welfare entitlement (e.g. public education) in the host cities. Drawing upon the data from the 2011 and 2016 Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey, this paper investigates the rationale of the hybrid tenure continuum, its stratification mechanism among the whole migrant population in Beijing, and its dynamic change and impact on migrants given the undertaking of drastic measures by Beijing Municipality in the early 2010s to address its informality problems. A hybrid tenure structure from an insecure to de facto and to legal titles was proved critical to increase the resilience of housing supply for migrant groups. Policy implication of this paper is about how best to empower migrants as equal citizens.