Mobile Empowerment: Migrant Working Experience and the Employment Quality of Returning Female Migrant Workers
YUAN Chao1, ZHANG Dong2
1. School of Law and Sociology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; 2. School of Law and Sociology, Chongqing University of Industry and Business, Chongqing 400067, China
Abstract Based on the date of 2018 China Labor Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS), this paper discusses the impact of urban working experience on non-agricultural employment choice and income of returning women from the theoretical perspective of women’s economic empowerment. The empirical results show that the mobile working experience has changed the employment concept of rural women to a certain extent and improved their economic empowerment status. However, under the background of the dual structure of urban and rural areas, the relatively underdeveloped industrial foundation in the vast rural areas has restricted their opportunities of being employed and gained economic independence, which has also affected their economic empowerment and professional employment chances. Therefore, revitalizing and developing the modern industry in rural areas to absorb more female employment, strengthening employment training and improving the employment security system are important ways to promote the economic empowerment and family status of returning women.
YUAN Chao,ZHANG Dong. Mobile Empowerment: Migrant Working Experience and the Employment Quality of Returning Female Migrant Workers. Economic Survey, 2021, 38(1): 057.
2021, Vol. 38 
