Article Gold Open Access 2024

Analysing how government-provided vocational skills training affects migrant workers’ income: A study based on the Livelihood Capital Theory

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Li, Fang
 LD
Liu, Danchen
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Gao, Ping
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Shao, Haiying
 SS
Shen, Suyan
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Journal · Vol. 11 · Issue 1 · Art. 396
Abstract

This study explores the internal logic and influence mechanism of government-provided vocational skills training (GPVST) and migrant workers’ income level (IL) and income satisfaction (IS) using propensity score matching with difference-in-differences (PSM–DID), and it utilizes panel data collected by China Labor-force Dynamic Survey (CLDS) in 2016 and 2018. The study indicates that participation in GPVST positively affects the IL and IS of migrant workers; further analysis reveals that GPVST is more capable of raising the foreign migrant workers’ IL, and that the positive effect on the IS pertaining to the older generation of migrant workers and local migrant workers is more significant. Mechanism analysis reveals that GPVST can indirectly enhance the IL and IS of migrant workers by increasing the skill-enhancing effect exerted by human capital, information-interaction effect exerted by social capital, and trickle-down effect exerted by financial capital; however, generally, the indirect effect of livelihood capital is stronger in the impact of GPVST on the IL, whereas the direct effect is stronger in the impact of GPVST on IS. The findings herein exhibit crucial practical value for strengthening GPVST and enhancing the livelihood capital and income of migrant workers. © The Author(s) 2024.

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College of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Library, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Funding & Acknowledgements
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, MECD
Grant: 18YJC630036
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, MECD
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC
Grant: 72061137072 -, 72374106
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Major Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province
Grant: 2023SJYB0055
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Major Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Grant: SKYC2023003
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO
Grant: B17024, 482.19.607
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Fund [Grant No. 72374106], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)- grant number 72061137072 - and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) - grant number 482.19.607 - through the joint research programme ‘Urban Housing of Migrants in China and the Netherlands’; the support from the 111 Project-grant number B17024, General project of philosophy and social science research in universities of Jiangsu Province [Grant no. 2023SJYB0055], Humanities and Social Sciences Fund for basic scientific research of central universities [Grant No. SKYC2023003] and Humanities and Social Sciences Project from the Education Ministry [Grant no. 18YJC630036].
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