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An Empirical Study Of The Yangtze River Delta Regional Labor Circulation And Urban And Rural Income Gap

Posted on:2010-11-06Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:G H HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1119360275471267Subject:Political economy
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The Yangtze River Delta region has a long history and superior strategic location, It has the fastest economic growth, the best development, the most dynamic markets and the most strong overall strength of the region.Under the condition of globalization, the Yangtze River Delta region is gradually attracting more and more foreign, Hong Kong and Taiwan investors to invest, It has become the forward positions to undertake international industrial transfer, the region is of important strategic significance On the economic development of society as a whole.The enhance of the economic strength is of great help to get rid of the dual urban-rural structure, Provides urban and rural areas a reliable safeguard to promote the integration process and promote the integration development of urban and rural areas, which is not only the inherent requirements of scientific development and building a harmonious socialist society, but also is the reflect of the strategies of co-ordination Development. In recent years, in the Yangtze River Delta region, the average urbanization rate Continue to rise, the differences between the urban and rural areas gradually weaken, the income gap between the urban and rural residents show narrowing trend and labour mobility have always maintaining good momentum.In an open economic environment and coordinated development strategic conditions, promoting labour mobility and narrowing the income gap between the urban and rural residents is of great practical significance.Promote labor mobility, and narrow the income gap between the urban and rural residents, the two core theories is the income gap theoretical models and the labour movement theoretical models. Evaluation and Research of the income gap between the urban and rural residents theory and the labor flow theory are contribute to the formation of the regulation and control policy of narrowing the income gap between the urban and rural areas residents and promoting the flow of labor. At present, there are lots of related studies from different angles on the income gap issue At home and abroad, there have formed the Kuznets inverted U theory, the alternative theories of growth and distribution, the Lorenz curve theory, the Gini coefficient theory,the share of income theory and the Theil index theory. The Kuznets inverted U theory, and the theory of alternative of growth and distribution describe the changes of the income gap with the economic development trends, the Lorenz curve theory, the Gini coefficient theory, the revenue share theory and the Theil index theory do not involve the relationship of economic development and income distribution, they simply research the issue of the income distribution gap from the quality or quantity angle.This article think that Theil index is the most appropriate index to measure the income gap between the urban and rural residents in the Yangtze River Delta.The theories on labor migration are: Lewis adual economy model, Celanese - fee model,orgenson model, Harris - Todaro model, there are many shortcomings about the dynamic mechanism of the labour movement in these models.Based on the statement and analysis of the traditional theories about the income gap between the urban and rural residents,the thesis breaktrough the traditional framework of thinking, and build the new theory that the income gap between the urban and rural residents is not only impacted by labor mobility and urbannization level, but also impacted by non-balanced growth in the urban and rural areas, government support policy factors.Under the conditions that the non-balanced growth in the urban and rural areas factor and the government support factor remain unchanged, the income gap between the urban and rural areas residents gradually reduce with foreign labour intaking;when the urbanization level is lower, the income gap between the urban and rural areas residents raise with the level of urbanization,when the level of urbanization be to achieve a certain level, the income gap between the urban and rural areas residents will decrease;with the limit that per capita income of the rural residents is less than per capita income of the urban residents, the income gap between the urban and rural residents increase with the non-balanced growth factors increase,reduce with the non-balanced growth factors decrease; with the limit that per capita income of the rural residents is less than per capita income of the urban residents, the income gap between the urban and rural residents decrease with the government's rural support policy is strengthening.Morever the thesis verify above theories through empirical analysis,define the specific level that the labor flow, the level of urbanization, urban and rural non-balanced growth and the Government's Support rural policy impact the income gap between the urban and rural residents.At the same time, Based on the statement and analysis of the traditional theories about labor movement, breaktrough the traditional framework of thinking, the thesis build the new theory that the flow of rural labor to city is not only impacted by high-income marginal gains (High and low income differential),but also impacted by high-income marginal cost. The external labour migration to the Yangtze River Delta region is not only impacted by the high-income marginal gains (High and low income differential),but also impacted by the high-income marginal costs, the increase of transfer cost impede the transfer of rural surplus labor and impede the transfer of the labor force outside. Morever through empirical analysis, the thesis verify the above theories,further clear the factors that impacting the labour mobility.Overall, this thesis shows that the level of urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region is being heightened, the income gap between the urban and rural residents show signs of narrowing, labour mobility has not weakened with the income gap narrowing. The government's macro-management policy should be further accomplish something to narrow the income gap between the urban and rural residents and promote the rational flow of the rural and outside labor.Narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents and promoting the rational flow of labor are interrelated and should be considered as a whole. In this paper, in the light of the theory that labour mobility, the level of urbanization, urban and rural non-balanced growth, the Government's support rural policy have an impact on the income gap between the urban and rural residents, so we should focus on these factors to gradually narrow the income gap between the urban and rural residents. At the same time, in view of labour mobility is impacted by high-income marginal gains and high-income marginal costs,we should improve high-income marginal gains and reduce high-income marginal costs,thus we can promote the labor intake.In particular, the paper is composed by seven chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, including the researching issue, the literature summary,the related concepts,the research methodology and the innovation spots.The second chapter and the third chapter belong to theoretical analysis, on the basis of evaluating the traditional theories,constructing the new theories of the income gap between the urban and rural residents impacting factors and the labour mobility impacting factors.The fourth chapter and the fifth chapter are the analysis with related models, The fourth chapter use statistical analysis software to confirm the impact factors on the income gap between the urban and rural residents,confirm the impact direction and the impact degree,The fifth chapter confirms the factors that impacting labor mobility, confirms the impact direction and the impact degree.The sixth chapter explain the inherent relationship between the income gap between the urban and rural residents and the labour mobility.The seventh chapter includes the conclusions and the policy recommendations of the Yangtze River Delta region to narrow the income gap between the urban and rural residents and promote the rational flow of labor.
Keywords/Search Tags:theYangtze River Delta region, labor flow, the income gap between the urban and rural residents
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