Population Space and Place最新文献

China's rapid urbanization has produced a large migrant workforce that not only drives economic growth but also faces widespread social exclusion and discrimination. This study directly investigates both objective wage discrimination and subjective discrimination perceptions among migrant workers, with a focus on the role of housing tenure. Using cross-sectional survey data from 2020 across 46 cities, we apply Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to control for key demographic and employment factors. Our findings demonstrate that, after controlling for these factors, the objective wage gap between migrant and local workers is not significant. This indicates that most of the observed wage differences stem from subjective perceptions of discrimination rather than actual wage disparities. Moreover, our logistic regression and instrumental variable analyses reveal that housing tenure plays a critical role in shaping perceived discrimination. Specifically, migrant workers who own homes report substantially lower levels of perceived discrimination compared to those residing in employer-provided dormitories or rented housing. These results emphasize that stable housing, particularly homeownership, can effectively reduce subjective experiences of discrimination, providing clear policy insights for enhancing urban integration through improved housing opportunities.

Occasional stays in a second home, along with the specific activities and social interactions they involve, often contribute to an improvement in quality of life and personal wellbeing. This is one of the main reasons for the lasting appeal of second homes, which can even motivate some users to consider a permanent move to place where second home is situated. This paper examines the experiences of second home users in Croatia to explore how characteristics of the spatial context in which second homes take place influence the decision to convert a location occasionally used for leisure into a permanent residence. The study is grounded in the lifestyle migration framework and its perspective on migration driven by the search for a more fulfilling and healthier living environment. To assess the living environment at the place where second home is located, we draw on the framework of spaces of wellbeing and analyse the effect of the regenerative, integrative, stimulative, and security dimensions on plans for a permanent move. The results show that three of the four mentioned dimensions have a statistically significant effect, underscoring the important role of perception of living environment in the shift from temporary to permanent residence.

Using primarily open-source data, we curated 13 indicators to consistently capture the concept of the inclusive economy across Local Authority Districts in Great Britain. We used unsupervised k-means clustering to identify clusters of similar Local Authority Districts with respect to their economic inclusivity. We identified four distinct clusters of Local Authority Districts, those which are: (1) more economically inclusive; (2) less economically inclusive; (3) closest to the national average; and (4) a mix of extremes and mostly represented within the London metropolitan area. For Local Authority Districts of all clusters, we then explored the relationship between life expectancy and lifespan variation. Here, results clearly indicated a key role of economic inclusivity for average population health alongside population health inequality: the least inclusive cluster had the lowest life expectancy and the highest lifespan variation, while the most inclusive cluster had the highest life expectancy and the lowest lifespan variation. This points towards a double disadvantage among the economically less inclusive cluster.

In recent decades, as much attention has been paid to the relationship between social factors and health over the life course, a growing body of research has recognised that migratory behaviours and social mobility play a critical role in shaping health in later life. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this study focuses on a wide range of internal migration and social mobility, along with their associations with mental and cognitive well-being among Chinese middle-aged and older adults. By conducting multilevel analyses, this study has found that migration categories with urban characteristics are generally linked to better health outcomes, even though some of the benefits are explained, to varying degrees, by early-life selective factors, late-life circumstances, and intergenerational educational mobility. However, the relationships are still nuanced by differing health outcomes. For example, after adjusting for intergenerational educational mobility, urban-to-urban migration demonstrates the strongest positive association with later-life mental health, while rural-to-urban migration with an urban hukou (household registration system in China) has the most pronounced cognitive advantages in older age. One essential dimension of social mobility is intergenerational educational mobility. This study has also revealed that upward educational mobility (fathers with a primary school or below background and individuals with a secondary school or above background) is the optimal category for mental health, whereas cognitive function is best protected through high stability (both fathers and individuals have a secondary school or above background).

This paper focuses on diplomatic families, a special group of privileged migrants who move regularly every 2−4 years, shaping family life through cyclical mobility patterns. Drawing on ethnography with four active-duty diplomatic service families, which include diplomats, their accompanying partners, and children, it examines the families' temporal experiences under a regularly mobile work regime. By conceptualising migrant temporality, this paper argues that institutionalised mobility not only gives rise to temporal uncertainties and discontinuities, but also reinforces familial bonds and agency through structured rhythms. Besides, this paper points out that diplomatic infrastructures provide familiar living environments and a sense of temporal continuity. However, their high level of homogeneity also blurs families' perceptions of temporal and spatial transitions, often generating a sense of ‘unreal’ regarding time. This paper contributes to the literature on regular mobile work regimes, privileged migrants, and skilled migrants by emphasising the complex intersections of mobility's temporal experiences and family life, underscoring the importance of examining the interplay between temporality, family relations, and institutional arrangements in migration studies.

Clandestine migration is not only a response to precarious living conditions but also driven by aspirations and desires for change that migrants carry into their journeys. Yet, far less is known about what becomes of these subjective driving forces once people reach their destinations and settle down. To address this gap, this study explores how Syrian parents who risked crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe interpret their migration from the standpoint of their settled lives. This perspective allows for tracing how the reasoning behind the risky decision evolved—from its origins in Syria (or the first country of asylum) to reflections rooted in the host countries of Sweden and Denmark. Across these spatial and temporal shifts, parents' narratives reveal the contradictory values they attach to migration, shaped by the complex dynamics of parent–child relationships. These contradictions are examined through the lens of the moral theory of risk. From this perspective, the notion of virtuous risking for the sake of one's children—initially central to parents' justification of their decision—gradually loses significance within the context of their new lives in Europe. This dynamic lies at the core of the evolving meanings parents attach to both risk and migration.