The impact of citizenization of rural migrant labors on their homestead exit willingness: Based on the mediation effect of homestead dependence

Abstract

[Objective] Along with the implementation of the new urbanization strategy, it is of great significance to promote the urbanization of rural labor force and the orderly exit of homesteads, in order to promote the orderly movement of urban and rural people and land elements and the effective use of rural homestead, and thus to facilitate rural revitalization. [Methods] Based on the survey data from seven provinces, this study used a binary logit model and the mediation effect model to analyze the impact of the citizenization of rural migrant labors on the willingness to withdraw homesteads and the mediating role of homestead dependence. [Results] The results show that: (1) The citizenization of rural migrant labors had a significant positive effect on the willingness of homestead exit. (2) Psychological and emotional dependence, residential security dependence, personal property dependence, and future demand dependence of rural migrant labors on homesteads played an mediating role in the influence of citizenization on the willingness of homestead withdraw. Among them, the mediation effect of homestead psychosocial dependence was the strongest and manifested as a “covering effect”. (3) There were significant intergenerational and citizenization level differences in the mediation effect of homestead dependence of rural migrant labors on homestead exit. The mediation effect of residential security dependence and future demand dependence was significant among the new generation migrant labors; the mediation effect of psychological and emotional dependence and future demand dependence was significant among out-of-county rural migrant labors. [Conclusion] In order to promote the orderly movement of urban and rural people, we should improve the public service system and citizenization mechanism, focusing on the psychological and emotional dependence of rural migrant labors on homesteads, formulating differentiated policy of homestead exit, and adhering to the principle of voluntary and secured withdrawal.

Keywords

• |rural migrant labors|citizenization|homestead dependence|homestead exit willingness|mediation effect