The Past, Present, and Future: Hukou as a Social Status and Its Impact on Chinese Disabled Migrant Workers’ Social Mobility in the Labor Market
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disability discrimination, hukou, China
Abstract
Liberalization has transformed the economy in China, but legacy policies such as the hukou system, undermine free movement of labor and embed discrimination in the labor market. Opportunities for social mobility are restricted for all migrant workers, but this article argues disabled migrants experience a form of ghettoization.
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Cunqiang Shi, Bangor University, UK
Dr. Cunqiang Shi is a lecturer in management at Bangor University, UK. He has a PhD in business studies from Cardiff University with a specific research focus on the social economic transition in China and its impact on the employment of disabled people in the labor market.
Debbie Foster, Cardiff University, UK
Debbie Foster is Professor of Employment Relations and Diversity at Cardiff Business School and is currently Co-Chair of the Welsh Government Disability Equality Task Force with Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice.
Debbie has a disciplinary background in Sociology (B.A Lancaster; PhD Bath). Her research interests within the Sociology of Work & Employment have focused on employment relations, trade union representation and workplace equality and diversity, with a particular focus on disability and employment.