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Wei, W.Q. and Lu, S.Z. (2012) Natural Characteristics and Opportunity Structure—The Analysis of Intergenerational Differences of Social Integration of Migrant Workers. China Rural Survey, 1, 001.

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• TITLE: Migrant Workers’ Social Capital and Urban Integration under the Background of Urbanization

  AUTHORS: Wei Yuan

  KEYWORDS: Migrant Workers, Social Capital, Urban Integration

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.4 No.4, April 28, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Using the field survey data of ten districts in Guangzhou of 2014, this paper estimates the degree of urban integration of the migrant workers in Guangzhou. Conclusion finds that: social capital of migrant workers has significant impact on their integration into the city, and different types of social capital have different impacts on the different dimensions of urban Integration of migrant workers. Migrant workers’ integrated social capital mainly promotes the integration of economic dimension and has negative effects on the integration of psychological and cultural dimension. However, migrant workers’ bridged social capital can significantly promote psychological and cultural integration. Finally, this paper puts forward its policy recommendations about the urban integration of migrant workers.