Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China.
China's rural-urban dual society system is instituted by its unique hukou system. This system causes inequalities in social status between permanent urban and rural residents, and discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants is thus prevalent. A series of studies, based on system justificatio...
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| description | China's rural-urban dual society system is instituted by its unique hukou system. This system causes inequalities in social status between permanent urban and rural residents, and discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants is thus prevalent. A series of studies, based on system justification theory, sought to address the impact of the hukou system on the discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants. Study 1 showed that the justification of the hukou system could predict discrimination operationalized using a social distance measure. Study 2 found that priming of the proposed abolishment of the current hukou system led to reduced social distance. Study 3, using a recruiting scenario, further demonstrated that priming of the proposed abolishment of the system led to reduced discrimination in salary decision. Consistent with our predictions, discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants could be triggered by justifying the current hukou system, while priming of the abolishment of the system serves to decrease discrimination. The present research thereby sheds light on China's reform of its hukou system to achieve social justice and equality from a psychological perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad42163216f24efeafa978367467674d2022-12-21T23:49:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-01711e4693210.1371/journal.pone.0046932Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China.Lei KuangLi LiuChina's rural-urban dual society system is instituted by its unique hukou system. This system causes inequalities in social status between permanent urban and rural residents, and discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants is thus prevalent. A series of studies, based on system justification theory, sought to address the impact of the hukou system on the discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants. Study 1 showed that the justification of the hukou system could predict discrimination operationalized using a social distance measure. Study 2 found that priming of the proposed abolishment of the current hukou system led to reduced social distance. Study 3, using a recruiting scenario, further demonstrated that priming of the proposed abolishment of the system led to reduced discrimination in salary decision. Consistent with our predictions, discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants could be triggered by justifying the current hukou system, while priming of the abolishment of the system serves to decrease discrimination. The present research thereby sheds light on China's reform of its hukou system to achieve social justice and equality from a psychological perspective.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489849?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Lei Kuang Li Liu Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. PLoS ONE |
| title | Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. |
| title_full | Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. |
| title_fullStr | Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. |
| title_short | Discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants: the role of the hukou system in China. |
| title_sort | discrimination against rural to urban migrants the role of the hukou system in china |
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