Citizenization of rural migrants in China's new urbanization: The roles of hukou system reform and rural land marketization

《Citizenization of rural migrants in China's new urbanization: The roles of hukou system reform and rural land marketization》

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关键字: Rural-urban migration;Citizenization of rural migrants;Marketization of rural land;Migration restrictions;Rural land rights

作者单位: School of Economics, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;School of Public Administration, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China;The Research Center for High-Quality Development of Industrial Economy, Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China;School of Economics, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China;School of Public Administration, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China;The Research Center for High-Quality Development of Industrial Economy, Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China

摘要: Citizenization of rural migrants (CRM) is an important urbanization goal in developing countries. The main factors affecting urbanization are migration policies and rural land tenurial arrangements. However, little evidence has been provided on the effects of relaxing migration restrictions and extending rural land rights bundles on CRM. The relaxation of hukou restrictions and rural land marketization under China's new urbanization plan provide materials for examining the causal effects. The results of this research confirm that the extension of rural land rights bundles to farmers is more important for CRM than the relaxation of migration restrictions in developing countries. They further confirm that the negative effects of rural landholdings on CRM can be neutralised by rural land marketization. Moreover, improving the welfare of citizens in medium and small cities and the competitiveness of rural migrants can strengthen the positive effects of the hukou system reform. The findings suggest that usufruct-based rural land marketization and the recognition of the dual identity of rural migrants are effective measures for advancing urbanization in developing countries.