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The mobility patterns of rural-urban migrants and their social protection in China

beyond the extension of urban-based approaches

Yu Zhu
Liyue Lin
2010

Abstract

Based on a survey of rural-urban migrants and subsequent in-depth interviews with them, their employers and officials of relevant government departments in Fuzhou, China, this paper examines the complexity of mobility patterns of rural-urban migration and its implications for social protection of rural-urban migrants in China. It analyzes the characteristics of rural-urban migrants and their migration process, and their complex and diversified needs of social protection arising from such characteristics, and examines the current approaches of social protection for rural-urban migrants in such context, suggesting that the extension of urban- and residence-based approaches is inadequate in meeting the needs of rural-urban migrants for social protection. The paper also explores the conceptual and policy implications of the above analysis, focusing on the limitation of the conceptual framework of urban inclusion and exclusion in guiding the discussion of social protection for rural-urban migrants, and some practical issues such as the portability of social protection programs and their institutional basis and financing mechanism.

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Conference Paper

Ten Years of War Against Poverty Conference Papers

Conference: Ten Years of War Against Poverty

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