%0 Journal Article
%T An Empirical Analysis of Human Capital of Peasant Workers and Their Urban Living Integration: A Case Study of Peasant Workers in Shaanxi Province<br>农民工人力资本与城市融入的实证分析——以陕西籍农民工为例
%A JIN Chongfang
%A <br>金崇芳
%J 资源科学
%D 2011
%I 
%X Peasant workers are the most vital human resource since China's reform and opening up policy. They have made a historic contribution to China's industrialization and urbanization. However, as the regulations of China's economic structure, change in demand for labors, and the restriction of educational degree and labor skills or some other human capital factors, the vast majority of peasant workers is still in the edge and bottom of cities. They are primarily engaged in long-term, low-tech, low wages, and poor accommodation occupation, with full realization of their political status, economic rights, and social rights subject to many limitations. Causes for difficulties of peasant workers'integration into the mainstream of cities and the society and how the peasant workers share and enjoy achievements and civilization of reform and development with city dwellers are the important issues being paid much attention and to be addressed in China's society. From the perspective of resource economics, the quality of human resources, i.e., human capital, becomes an important factor of peasant workers'integration into the urban life. This study laid the foundation of basic concepts and assumptions on building peasant workers'human capital and their urban living integration by investigating the case of peasant workers in Shaanxi Province from economic, social, and psychological/cultural dimensions. Results show that the elements of health, education, and labor skills in the human capital of peasant workers were significantly affected the dimension of their integration into cities. Work experience has a significant influence on the urban dimension of social integration, and shows a less effect on economic and psychological/cultural integration. This means that peasant workers in good health, on the one hand, are able to avoid spending much in city's medical costs; on the other hand, they can obtain more job opportunities which help them more easily to be integrated into urban society. Higher educational peasant workers have opportunities to work in a higher social status, and have strong capability to learn and adapt more easily to the new environment. Peasant workers who have expertise can easily access to stable employment and gain higher income in the labor market, and ultimately be recognized by urban residents. It was suggested that the government and community take effective measures to fully enhance the quality of human capital of peasant workers and to help them integrate into urban life better, which can finally accelerate the healthy development of urbanization and promote the construction of a harmonious society in China.
%K Peasant worker
%K Human capital
%K Urban living integration<br>农民工
%K 人力资本
%K 城市融入
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