Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.

The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants. This paper uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census survey to shed more light on the discrimination issue, by making comparisons of earnings and the sector of work between rural migrants on one hand, and urban residents and urban migrants on the other. Contrary to popular belief, we find no earnings discrimination against rural migrants compared to urban residents. However, rural migrants are found to be discriminated in terms of the sector in which they work, with a vast majority working in the informal sector lacking adequate social protection.Migration, China, Discrimination, Informal Employment

A Rare Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis of Unknown Etiology

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an uncommon cytokine storm syndrome marked which can cause high mortality. In adults, acquired HLH usually has an underlying infectious, autoimmune or malignant process that triggers the syndrome. In this case report, we present a 64-year old Caucasian male presenting with productive cough, fevers, weight loss and altered mental status who was ultimately found to have HLH of unknown etiology

Are migrants discriminated against in Chinese urban labour markets?

We use a nationally representative survey to investigate the incidence of discrimination against internal migrant workers in urban China, considering both migrants from rural areas (rural migrants) and those from other urban areas (urban migrants). We find that both rural and urban migrants are discriminated out of jobs with formal labour contracts. Results also suggest that urban migrants are compensated for working in the informal sector by earning higher wages. There is evidence however of wage discrimination against rural hukou status. A semi-parametric method suggests a larger discrimination against migrants in the upper half of the wage distribution. Discrimination against migrants seems not to decrease as their duration of stay in the urban labour market increases

Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets? New empirical evidence from China

The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant workers, particularly to their working conditions and pay. This paper uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their earnings and the sector (formal vs. informal) they work in with those of urban residents and urban migrants. Exploiting differences in their status in the Chinese residential registration system (hukou) we find no earnings discrimination against rural migrants compared with urban residents, contrary to popular belief. In contrast, we find that urban migrants in fact gain a large wage premium by migrating. However, both rural and urban migrants are found to be discriminated out of the formal sector, working in informal jobs and lacking adequate social protection

Conceptual Design of a Winter Jacket for Victims of Stroke

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability, and the third leading cause of death in the United States. Each year there are about 795,000 people that suffer a stroke, and on average in the United States someone has a stroke every 40 seconds ( Stroke Statistics , n.d.). However, there are not many commercial clothing items available and adapted to stroke survivors. While stroke survivors are able to find a limited number of clothing items specifically designed and adapted for them, the styles are simple, inelegant, and tend to look very different from the style of the general culture. Following the design model proposed by Koberg and Bagnall (1974): accept, analyze, define, ideate, select, implement, and evaluate, this study adopted the first four steps, accept, analyze, define, and ideate, in order to create conceptual designs of winter jackets for victims of stroke

Migration : eine zu erschliessende Entwicklungsquelle

Einführung 190 Millionen Menschen leben derzeit nicht in dem Land, in dem sie geboren wurden. Diese Zahl ist in relativem Verhältnis in den letzten vierzig Jahren erstaunlich stabil geblieben und liegt bei rund 3 Prozent der gesamten Weltbevölkerung (siehe Grafik 1). Das Interesse für die Migration und ihre Zusammenhänge mit der Entwicklung nimmt hingegen in allen Teilen der Welt zu – und dies aus mehreren guten Gründen. Zum einen ist die internationale Wanderungsbewegung in absoluten Zahlen ..

Les migrations, une source de développement à exploiter

Introduction Actuellement, 190 millions de personnes ne vivent pas dans le pays où elles sont nées. En termes relatifs, ce chiffre est resté étonnamment stable au cours des quarante dernières années et se maintient à environ 3 % de la population mondiale (voir graphique 1). Mais l’intérêt voué aux migrations en relation avec le développement va croissant partout dans le monde – pour plusieurs bonnes raisons. En premier lieu, la circulation internationale des personnes augmente logiquement en ..

Flexible macrocycles as versatile supports for catalytically active metal clusters

Here we present three structurally diverse clusters stabilised by the same macrocyclic polyphenol; t-butylcalix[8]arene. This work demonstrates the range of conformations the flexible ligand is capable of adopting, highlighting its versatility in metal coordination. In addition, a Ti complex displays activity for the ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.

The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants. This paper uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census survey to shed more light on the discrimination issue, by making comparisons of earnings and the sector of work between rural migrants on one hand, and urban residents and urban migrants on the other. Contrary to popular belief, we find no earnings discrimination against rural migrants compared to urban residents. However, rural migrants are found to be discriminated in terms of the sector in which they work, with a vast majority working in the informal sector lacking adequate social protection