The Impact Of Family Migration On The Employment Status Of Floating Population

In recent years, more and more floating population is migrating with their families, which is defined as family migration. Family migration has largely alleviated the problem of the separation of the family members of the floating population. However, the floating population of the family reunion in the areas can lead to new problems such as the care of children and the employment of the female. Employment, as a foundation of life, is essential for the floating population in the city. Therefore, the issue of the employment of migrant workers has been increasingly concerned by academic field and other fields of the society. But few researches are carried out from the perspective of family migration to explore the employment situation of the floating population. Therefore, it is an urgent issue to look into the employment status and the formation mechanism of the floating population under the influence of different degree of family migration.Based on the data from the National Floating Population’s Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2013, this paper is aiming at making division of family migration types of floating population in the first place, which is followed by a systematically analysis of the employment status of the floating population in different genders, using descriptive statistics. What is more, attentions are also given to the employment status of those people from different families. At last, this paper uses linear regression analysis and logistic regression analysis methods to analyze the influence factors of employment rate, employment stability, employment type and income of the floating population. The results show that family migration types, individual and regional characteristics, and social and economic characteristics are playing a role on internal differentiation of employment characteristic of the floating population. And among them, Family migration types have become most prominent and widespread factors that affect the employment status of the floating population, which is partly influenced by gender differences. It means, under complete family migration, the male floating population has more employment advantage, whereas, the female floating population has more obstacles in the way to be hired in floating destination. In addition, the employment identity of the floating population is transferred to the employer or self-supporting laborers, which may associated with the migration of the nuclear family. Finally, the paper explores relevant policy implications of the above findings.