Hebei University of Economics and Business, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Urban-Rural Integrated Development, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Apr 3;19(4):e0296645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296645. eCollection 2024.
This study investigate how the Urban identity(UI) influence the entrepreneurial choice of the migrants. Drawing on the identity economics theory in combination with microscopic perspective on entrepreneurship, we conclude that the UI increases the odds of self-employment of the migrants by 19.91% after solving endogenous problem in our sample of 126385 individuals from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey. We test the moderating effect of medical insurance and find that the interaction coefficient is positive. This study further reveals that the expanding social networks, improving urban integration, and increasing income are the three main mechanisms through which the UI influences the entrepreneurial choice of the migrants. So, we derive results consistent with our hypotheses. The findings have implications for both the entrepreneurship and national policy literature.
本研究调查了城市认同（UI）如何影响移民的创业选择。借鉴身份经济学理论，并结合创业的微观视角，我们得出结论，在解决了我们从中国流动人口动态调查中抽取的 126385 个人样本中的内生性问题后，UI 使移民的自营职业几率增加了 19.91%。我们检验了医疗保险的调节作用，发现交互系数为正。本研究进一步揭示了扩展社交网络、提高城市融合度和增加收入是 UI 影响移民创业选择的三个主要机制。因此，我们的研究结果与假设一致。这些发现对创业和国家政策文献都具有重要意义。
