A Research Of Population Flow And Socioeconomic Development In Jilin Province

With the increasingly close economic exchanges between the regions, thepopulation flow has become an important phenomenon in China’s social andeconomic development. While this wave has spread to the more economicallydeveloped eastern coastal provinces, the population movements in the traditionalinner-land regions, including Jilin province, have also become increasingly frequent.Under this background, the interaction between the floating population andresettlement areas become a focus of attention in the academia. It involves at leasttwo aspects: On one hand, the acceptance, protection and support that is provided bythe resettlement areas to the floating population; on the other hand, the stimulationand obstacles that are brought by the floating population to the resettlement areas. Asa result, this paper will attempt to explore the complex relationships between thefloating population in Jilin province and the local social and economic developmentfrom those two aspects.First of all, it will clarify the attribute structure of the population, the reason ofmigration, their life quality, and other basic aspects, and then, outlines the generalcharacteristics of the floating population in the province firstly. Next, it will discussthe relationship between floating population and the social and economicdevelopment in Jilin province which involves three aspects. First, it will examine, onthe psychological level, the impact that the elements of the resettlement areas (mainlythe institutional factors) has on the floating population’s adaption and developmentthrough analyzing the perception of social integration and its influencing factors..Second, it will outline the impact on the economic level through studying theemployment features and its influencing factors. Third, it will discuss the extent andaction mechanisms of the floating population’s stimulation to the province’s economy,in order to explore the reactions of the resettlement area to the floating population’s inflow. The main sources of data in this study include “Floating Population DynamicMonitoring Investigation Jilin Province Database2012",“the Fifth PopulationCensus”,“the Sixth Population Census”,“Jilin Statistical Yearbook2011”,“ChinaStatistical Yearbook2012",Etc.The study includes a total of seven chapters, the content is as follows:The first chapter is the introduction. It introduces the background, researchpurpose and significance of research ideas and methods.The second chapter is the theoretical basis of the literature review. Summary ofresearch involves theoretical and research, refining, summarized and commented.These theories include the population migration theory, the social integration theoryand the theory of economic growth. Literatures provide fundamentals for theempirical analysis in the main body.The third chapter is the analysis of the status of the floating population in JilinProvince. It is based on the data of “Floating Population Dynamic MonitoringInvestigation Jilin Province Database2012” and“the Sixth Population Census” toanalysis the basic conditions of the floating population in Jilin Province. It is foundthat the floating population in Jilin Province is facing high labor intensity, limitedentertainment activities; low consumption level, high Engel coefficient; serious lackof social security, high potential criminal risks; And a series of marriage and familyissues.The fourth chapter is the analysis of influencing factors of social integration intothe floating population in Jilin Province. It is conducted with a multiple regressionmodel to compare the individual actions factors and move into the role of institutionalfactors impact on the inflow of population psychological integration into perception.Analysis shows that the individual’s level of community involvement andinterpersonal situation affect the social integration of the floating population. At thesame time, the household registration system, the system of their children to school,the social security system and the working time system also significantly influencetheir perception of social integration, which has further validated the strong impact ofthe resselement areas on the inflow population. The fifth chapter is the analysis of employment characteristics and influencingfactors of the floating population in Jilin Province. It adapts the multiple logisticregression model to explore the basic employment characteristics of the floatingpopulation in the province and its influencing factors. Studies show that, while theindividual factors of the floating population, such as the level of education, affect itseconomic integration and professional achievement, gender discrimination andhousehold registration discrimination, on the other hand are also very influentialfactors to the issue, which explains that the local social system and its culture havegreat impact on the career development of the floating population.The sixth chapter is the floating population in Jilin Province empirical analysisof the impact on economic growth. An economic growth model is used to examinethe role of the floating population of the local economic development. The studyconcluded that, first, subject to the path of the impact, by changing the localallocation of production factors, the floating population’s rise in education levelscould enhance the local economic development; second, subject to the results of theimpact, although the floating population in the province has positive effects to thelocal economic development, the effects vary significantly among different regions.The seventh chapter is the conclusions and suggestions. which further discussesand summaries the main points of the paper, and then makes policy recommendationsto promote the positive interaction of floating populating and local social andeconomic development from five aspects.