›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 267-278.

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The Willingness, Expectation and Social Adaptability of Migrants to be Relocated to Neighboring Counties

Tai Xiujun1, Zan Xin2   

  1. 1 School of Economics and Management, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041000;
    2 School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044
  • Received:2017-01-13 Online:2019-11-28 Published:2019-11-30

Abstract:

Previous researches on migration concentrate on the resettlement of involuntary migrants to be relocated far away and attributes the inadaptability of migrants to reasons concerning resources such as the failure of human capital and interruption of social connection in the new places. This paper focuses on the types of resettlement of migrants to be relocated to neighboring counties and refines the measurement of migrants' willingness to be relocated. The psychological expectation confirmation theory is used to analyze the effects of migrants' expectation before relocation on their social adaptability to life and production after relocation. The paper also proposes a social fitness model with regard to migrants to be relocated to neighboring counties, which is verified by multiple regression statistical analysis. It is found that migrants' willingness to be relocated is the major factor that affects their social adaptability and their expectation before relocation and psychological confirmation after relocation play an intermediary role in the process.

Key words: ecological migration, social adaptability, expectation