County-Level New Urbanization and Employment Quality of Rural Migrants
The county is the important space in the construction of new urbanization and is a key factor in promoting the orderly urbanization of rural migrants.This paper utilizes the quasi-natural experiment of new urbanization pilot projects,along with data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey and the staggered difference-in-differences method,to examine the effect of county-level new urbanization on the employment quality of rural migrants.The findings indicate that the new urbanization pilot projects at the county level have significantly enhanced the employment quality of rural migrants.These pilot projects"empower"rural migrants externally by enhancing access to public services and internally by reinforcing their sense of identity,ultimately leading to improved employment quality.The impact of improving employment quality is more significant in counties experiencing less financial pressure,and it is particularly effective in improving employment quality of the new generation rural migrants and rural migrants with a high school education or higher.The research conclusions of this paper offer micro-level evidence supporting the implementation of policies aimed at achieving high-quality full employment and promoting new urbanization.
new urbanizationemployment qualityrural migrantsstaggered difference-in-differences