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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Demography | Migration | Mortality | Urban Sociology and Community Studies | Sociology | Population Trends and Policies | Race and Ethnic Relations | Migration | Population Trends And Policies | Urban And Regional Studies
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare | Understanding other countries | Demography | International Aid and Development | Communication Across Languages and Culture | Distribution of Income and Wealth |
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Publications
Current trends, emerging issues and future perspectives
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 18-12-2015
Multidimensional healthy life expectancy of the older population in China.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-04-2021
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2021.1914854
Abstract: Research on healthy life expectancy (HLE) that considers cognitive impairment has been inadequate, particularly in the context of less developed countries. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, our study fills this research gap by computing active life expectancy (ALE), cognitive-impairment-free life expectancy (CIFLE), and active
The Education–Occupation (Mis)Match of Asia-Born Immigrants in Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-09-2019
Loss of life expectancy due to respiratory infectious diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study in 195 countries and territories 1990–2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-02-2022
Nativity in the healthy migrant effect: Evidence from Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Introduction to the Special Collection: South–South Migrations: What is (Still) on the Research Agenda?
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-2014
DOI: 10.1111/IMRE.12083
Abstract: In this essay, the authors argue that although “South” and “North” are more and more becoming problematic categories in the social sciences, in general, and in migration studies, in particular, it still makes sense today to focus on South-South migrations. Not only because of its mere quantitative importance, but for a number of reasons. Firstly, new South-South migration patterns are observable and new data are becoming available. Secondly, South-South migrations still have a number of distinct features, including: the role of borders, the composition of migration flows, the migration-conflict nexus, regional migration governance, and the specific relationships with certain migration-related concepts and variables.
Projections of Future Demand and Costs of Aged Care Services in China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-06-2023
Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 22-02-2007
The Integration Paradox: Asian Immigrants in Australia and the United States
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2020
Abstract: Whereas Australia has pursued a skills-based migration policy, the United States has privileged family-based migration. The key contrast between these migration regimes provides a rare test of how national immigration policy shapes immigrant selection and integration. Does a skills-based immigration regime result in a more select group of Asian immigrants in Australia compared to their counterparts in the United States? Are Asian immigrants more integrated into their host society in Australia compared to the United States? Focusing on four groups of Asian immigrants in both countries (Chinese, Indians, Filipinos, and Vietnamese), this article addresses these questions using a transpacific comparison. Despite Australia’s skills-based immigration policy, we find that Asian immigrants in Australia are less hyper-selected than their counterparts in the United States. Asian immigrants in Australia also report worse labor market outcomes than those in the United States, with the exception of Vietnamese—a refugee group. Altogether, these findings challenge the conventional wisdom that skills-based immigration policy not only results in more selected immigrants, but also positively influences their integration into the host society.
China's Minorities on the Move: Selected Case Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 24-02-2015
The Role and Wellbeing of Female Family Caregivers in the Provision of Aged Care in China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-08-2021
Transnationalism, diaspora, and development: A purposive review of the literature
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-10-2018
DOI: 10.1111/GEC3.12413
Special issue on ‘IHRM implications of the internationalization of Chinese banking and financial institutions’
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-02-2015
Associations of depressive symptoms with disability-free life expectancy and self-assessed healthy life expectancy in middle-aged and older adults: Results from a longitudinal population-based study i
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.ARCHGER.2022.104670
Abstract: Objectives Although the health consequences of depression have been extensively examined, little attention has been given to its nonfatal conditions. This study aims to investigate the association of depressive symptoms with total life expectancy (TLE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and self-assessed healthy life expectancy (SHLE). Methods Data were sourced from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011-2013. The 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10) short form was used to measure depressive symptoms in 14,982 Chinese middle-aged and older adults. The population-based multistate life table method was used to estimate the differences in TLE, DFLE and SHLE by the status of depressive symptoms. Results At the age of 45 years, depressive symptoms were associated with a reduction of 1.8 (95% CI: 0.4-3.2) additional years of TLE. The estimated depression-induced reduction in TLE was 1.8 (95% CI: 0.1-3.5) in females, and 2.6 (95% CI: 1.0-4.2) in males. For DFLE, a reduction of 3.1 (95% CI: 2.0-4.2) additional years was found in in iduals with depressive symptoms. The proportion of DFLE in TLE in participants with depressive symptoms decreased compared with that of the non-depressive symptoms group (depressive symptoms: 87.4% vs non-depressive symptoms: 91.4%). For SHLE, on average, in iduals with depressive symptoms suffered a reduction of 7.6 (95% CI: 6.5-8.7) additional years in their SHLE at 45 years old and a reduction in the proportion of SHLE in TLE by 17.7%. Similar patterns were found in groups aged 55, 65, 75 and 85 years. Conclusion This study showed that depressive symptoms were associated with reductions in TLE, DFLE and SHLE among middle-aged and older adults in China, and the depression-induced reduction in proportions of DFLE and SHLE in TLE continued to increase as age increased. This study provides new insight into the nonfatal health consequences of depressive symptoms and their adverse effects on quantity and quality of life. Our findings are useful for policy makers and in iduals in mental health management, depression prevention and intervention and informing health policies.
Global Population in Transition
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
Welfare Programme Participation and the Wellbeing of Non-local Rural Migrants in Metropolitan China: A Social Exclusion Perspective
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-05-2016
The impact of China's new Labour Contract Law on socioeconomic outcomes for migrant and urban workers
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-10-2015
Abstract: This article examines the effect of having a labour contract on a range of employee outcomes (wages, hours worked, social insurance coverage and subjective well-being) for a s le of urban and migrant workers in China using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) project. Using different methods, we find that the Labour Contract Law has larger effects for urban workers than for migrant workers on receipt of social benefits, subjective well-being and wages, but not for hours worked.
The interacting effects of religion and birthplace on the labour market outcomes of Asian immigrants in Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-01-2022
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2023
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-023-35592-9
Abstract: The expected year-on-year intrinsic mortality variations/changes are largely overlooked in the existing research when estimating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality patterns. To fill this gap, this study provides a new assessment of the loss of life expectancy caused by COVID-19 in 27 countries considering both the actual and the expected changes in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020. Life expectancy in 2020 and the expected life expectancy in the absence of COVID-19 are estimated using the Lee-Carter model and data primarily from the Human Mortality Database. The results show that life expectancy in 21 of the 27 countries was expected to increase in 2020 had COVID-19 not occurred. By considering the expected mortality changes between 2019 and 2020, the study shows that, on average, the loss of life expectancy among the 27 countries in 2020 amounted to 1.33 year (95% CI 1.29–1.37) at age 15 and 0.91 years (95% CI 0.88–0.94) at age 65. Our results suggest that if the year-on-year intrinsic variations/changes in mortality were considered, the effects of COVID-19 on mortality are more profound than previously understood. This is particularly prominent for countries experiencing greater life expectancy increase in recent years.
Educational differences of healthy life expectancy among the older adults in China: A multidimensional examination using the multistate life table method
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-10-2019
Demographic Structure and International Student Mobility: An Investigation of Chinese Students in Australia
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-2010
DOI: 10.1177/011719681001900107
Abstract: Recently, an increasing number of Chinese students has come to Australia to study some of them opted to settle in Australia as permanent residents while others chose to return to China. More Chinese students are pursuing further studies overseas due to China's recent rapid economic growth, which increased the ranks of middle- and upper-middle class families who have the means to send their children to study abroad. The trend also reflects China's intergenerational wealth transfer in the “first demographic idend” period. This paper reviews the recent patterns of international mobility of Chinese students to Australia and examines the factors that affect Chinese students' settlement decisions. The paper links the patterns of international mobility of students to the demographic structure of the sending country.
Urban Land Revenue and Sustainable Urbanization in China: Issues and Challenges
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-06-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10072111
Hyper‐selectivity of immigrants and generational differences in occupational status: Evidence for Asian groups in Australia
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-06-2021
DOI: 10.1002/PSP.2494
Abstract: This paper explores the occupational status of immigrant birthplace‐generation groups in Australia, a country which emphasises skills in immigrant admissions. Using 2016 data, the occupational statuses of the first, 1.5, and second generations of Australia's China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, and Vietnam birthplace‐generation groups are compared to those for the main English‐speaking countries, all other countries, and third‐ and above‐generation Australians. The results show that the occupational status of the 1.5‐ and second‐generation Asian groups considered generally exceed that for their first generation counterparts and invariably exceed that for third‐ and above‐generation Australians, even after controlling for a range of confounding factors. For most Asian groups, the 1.5 generation's occupational status exceeds that of the second generation. Modification of the ‘segmented assimilation’ hypothesis to incorporate a new category of ‘hyper‐selective differentiation’ is proposed to capture the extraordinary upward occupational mobility of most 1.5‐ and second‐generation Asian groups in Australia.
National Perspectives on Jews at Work: Contrasting Australia, France, Israel, and the UK
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2018
Employment and wage discrimination in the Chinese cities: A comparative study of migrants and locals
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2013
Internationalisation of Chinese banks and financial institutions and its implications for IHRM
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-04-2019
Transition and Challenge
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 22-02-2007
Older Immigrants’ Integration: Organisational Processes and Practices in the Australian Context
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2023
Utilization of Home-/Community-Based Care Services: The Current Experience and the Intention for Future Utilization in Urban China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-07-2023
Chinese urbanization and urban housing growth since the mid-1990s
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-03-2011
The Impact of Temporary Migration on Migrant Communities
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 22-02-2007
Transforming Chinese Cities
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 03-04-2014
Prevalence and related influencing factors of depression symptoms among empty-nest older adults in China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2020
One decade of urban housing reform in China: Urban housing price dynamics and the role of migration and urbanization, 1995–2005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2011
A distributional analysis of wage discrimination against migrant workers in China’s urban labour market
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2014
Abstract: Chinese internal migrants without a local hukou (household registration) are often discriminated against in the urban labour market. This study examines the impacts of such discrimination on wage differentials and the distribution among urban locals, urban migrants and rural migrants. It uses an extended analytical framework of segmented labour market to examine the multiple segmentations between urban residents and rural migrants and between locals and non-locals. The results show that, compared with urban locals, rural migrants only face discrimination above the medium-wage level, while urban migrants face discrimination below the medium-wage level, but to a much lesser degree. Owing to structural differences in employment, urban locals (rather than migrant workers) are discriminated against at other wage levels. The results suggest that the hukou system still plays an important role in segmenting China’s urban labour market. The degree of discrimination against urban migrants relative to urban locals is greater than that against rural migrants relative to urban migrants. This suggests that nowadays China’s urban labour market is mainly characterised by the segmentation between locals and non-locals, rather than the segmentation between urban residents and rural migrants, which was the case in the past.
Domestic property and housing class in contemporary urban China
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-03-2017
Market mechanisms and migrant settlement intentions in urban China
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-07-2017
Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants: Overview and Future Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-08-2017
City-level socioeconomic divergence, air pollution differentials and internal migration in China: Migrants vs talent migrants
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2023
Breaking the barriers: How urban housing ownership has changed migrants’ settlement intentions in China
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 14-03-2018
Abstract: Since the abolition in China of unequal regulations and controls related to the urban labour market and rural–urban migration in recent years, attention has been paid to migrants’ settlement intentions and their integration into host cities. Settlement channels have become more erse and more accessible to migrants, because of relaxed institutional constraints and the advanced market mechanism, which are essential to the pace and process of urbanisation, and welfare and service provisions in host cities. Using data from a survey conducted by the Institute of Population and Labor Economic of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Ningbo in 2014, this study examines migrants’ various settlement intention patterns, including traditional permanent settlement intention involving the transfer of one’s household registration ( hukou) status de facto permanent settlement intention through purchasing urban housing and long-term temporary settlement intention and short-term temporary settlement intention not involving the transfer of one’s hukou. This paper finds that hukou status has a limited impact on permanent settlement intention, and rural migrants tend to achieve permanent settlement through more flexible channels, such as purchasing urban housing in their host cities, thereby avoiding the institutional hurdle of obtaining a local urban hukou. The paper contributes to the study of migration in China by introducing a new concept of settlement intention, de facto permanent settlement intention, which has not yet been investigated empirically in the existing literature.
Discrimination in Migrant Workers' Welfare Entitlements and Benefits in Urban Labour Market: Findings from a Four-City Study in China
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-09-2013
DOI: 10.1002/PSP.1810
Urban labour market and de facto citizenship: Understanding migrant's settlement intention in China
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-10-2021
DOI: 10.1002/PSP.2520
Abstract: This study examines the changing role of traditional employment sector and the access to employment‐related citizenship rights in affecting migrant workers' settlement intentions in China. Traditionally, migrants who are informally employed were viewed as unsettled groups in Chinese cities. However, the expanded employment‐related citizenship rights provide more erse channels for pursuing permanent urban settlement. We use data from China Migrants Dynamic Survey in 2013 to investigate migrant workers' permanent settlement intentions, taking into account their access to employment‐related citizenship rights, employment sector, hukou status, social‐economic attachments at the places of destination and origin, and regional variations. We found that self‐employed and informally employed migrants held a stronger intention to pursue permanent settlement if they were protected by the local urban insurance schemes, the so‐called “de facto” employment‐related citizenship. The study suggests that the dichotomy of employment sectors, formal versus informal, in understanding migrants' settlement decision has been weakened in China.
China’s Demographic Future Under the New Two-Child Policy
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-02-2019
Hukoustatus and social exclusion of rural–urban migrants in transitional China
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-10-2010
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