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This study examined the influence of political capital on the migration behavior of peasant households in China's equitable urbanization. While existing research has proven that political capital can increase the wages of migrant workers, leading to a higher possibility of their rural-to-urban migration, the direct impact of political capital on migration behavior has not received sufficient attention. As China is one of the largest emerging economies, the impact of political capital on the economy and political transformation is typical. This paper reports a survey of 1120 farmer households from Xinxiang, a traditional agricultural area in central China. Using a binary logit model to test whether peasant households will migrate and a multinomial logit model to test where they will migrate to, this study examined whether political capital had a significant influence on the migration behavior of peasant households. The results suggest that the peasant households with political capital have a higher possibility of moving to urban areas, even though there is a better habitational option, namely, a new village in the local rural area. This suggests that reducing the difference in the political capital of migrants through policy propaganda and other methods is an efficient and effective way to achieve and improve equitable access to urbanization.

We explore relational patterns of expatriates' social networks and their impact on expatriates' change in cultural identity while working abroad. We go beyond mono-cultural assumptions and highlight the importance of examining cross-cultural relational dynamics on maintenance and change in expatriates' cultural identity. We argue that strong ties in dense networks are most conducive to helping expatriates stay attached to a national culture. Cultural diversity in a social network provides the impetus for cultural identity change. Cross-cultural interconnectedness within an expatriate's social network contributes to the development of multiculturalism in one's cultural identity. We also discuss the effect of cultural identity change on expatriation and repatriation adjustment, and provide some practical implications for individuals as well as organizations. Overall, we offer a cross-cultural social network perspective in theorizing about the expatriation experience.

AbstractIn the lead‐up to China's five‐yearly National Party Congress late in 2017, attempts to resolve conflicts between short‐term growth and structural reform have tended to favour immediate growth. The new model of growth requires new economy sectors to grow much more rapidly than traditional (post‐1978) sectors. For a while, this was proceeding well, but in late 2016 and during 2017 there have been signs of priority for growth and therefore traditional sectors over the new economy. Favouring growth over reform introduces risk into longer‐term growth prospects.