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The influence of enterprise dormitories on the urban integration of migrant workers in China: an exploration of two distinct migration stages of individual and family migration and the differences between them

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  • Wanqing Wei

    (Guangxi University
    Guangxi University)

  • Li Zhang

    (Guangxi University)

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The role of enterprise dormitories as the main living arrangements of Chinese migrant workers who are registered as rural residents but make their living in cities in pursuit of urbanisation cannot be ignored. However, the existing research on living spaces and the urban integration of migrant workers lacks sufficient focus on enterprise dormitories. Using the logit model to examine representative data on the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta areas and applying a national dataset taken from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we analyse how enterprise dormitories affect the urban integration of migrant workers across the different migration stages in this paper. The research results reveal that there are two migration stages in the urban integration of migrant workers. In the individual migration stage, based on the production target, enterprises accommodate migrant workers as a means of reducing their labour costs by increasing the labour time input of migrant workers. Moreover, in the family migration stage, enterprise dormitories are conducive to the low-cost integration of migrant workers into urban society, but they negatively affect further family migration because of the insufficient family living space that they provide. This research offers the intellectual foundation required for not only resolving the contradiction between the family reunification of migrant workers and their employment situation but also for the optimisation of housing policy.

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  • Wanqing Wei & Li Zhang, 2024. "The influence of enterprise dormitories on the urban integration of migrant workers in China: an exploration of two distinct migration stages of individual and family migration and the differences bet," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:11:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-024-02949-y
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-02949-y
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