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The Impact of a City’s Healthcare Resources on Immigrants’ Employment Quality

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  • Ping Li
  • Ziqi Wang
  • Liting Zhao

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This study investigates the impact of city healthcare resources on immigrants’ employment quality. It has implications for promoting equity in the distribution of healthcare resources, which is critical for immigrants’ survival and settlement. Moreover, the relationship between healthcare resources and employment quality is equally relevant to developing-country urbanization. Using data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) from 2016 to 2018, we demonstrate the effect of healthcare resources on employment quality. Cities’ healthcare resources are significantly correlated with immigrants’ quality of employment. The more healthcare resources are available, the higher the income from work, the shorter the working hours, and the more stable the employment of immigrants. The quality-enhancing effect of healthcare resources on employment quality is substantial among immigrants with health training and medical files. Urban medical insurance has important differentiating implications for immigrants’ access to healthcare resources. Healthcare resources enhance the employment quality of immigrants by improving their health status and integration into local society. Promoting equalizing healthcare resources and adjusting the differences between urban and rural medical insurance systems increase immigrant employment quality.

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  • Ping Li & Ziqi Wang & Liting Zhao, 2024. "The Impact of a City’s Healthcare Resources on Immigrants’ Employment Quality," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(3), pages 21582440241, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:3:p:21582440241268520
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440241268520
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