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Consumption Structure of Migrant Worker Families in China |
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| Authors: | Guangzhong Cao Kai Li Ruimin Wang Tao Liu |
| Affiliation: | 1. Associate Professor, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Center for Urban Future Research, Key Laboratory for Land Planning and Development of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Peking University, China;2. PhD Candidate, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, China;3. PhD Candidate, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University of China, China;4. Assistant Professor, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China |
| Abstract: | This study draws on a survey of migrants in 12 cities across four major urbanizing areas in China and investigates the structure of migrant worker families' urban and rural consumption. The results show that the structure of migrant worker families' consumption has been dominated by survival consumption. These families tend to live frugally in cities while engaging in conspicuous consumption in their rural hometowns. The structure of migrant worker families' consumption is mainly shaped by their income stability and wealth levels rather than their current income level. Moreover, migrant worker families with high educational levels and those who intend to settle permanently in cities are likely to allocate substantial expenditure to status and hedonic consumption and to upgrade their urban consumption structure. |
| Keywords: | China complete urbanization consumption structure migrant worker D12 E21 O15 R23 |