Discrimination against Rural-to-Urban Migrants The Role of the Hukou System in China 英文参考文献.docVIP

DiscriminationagainstRural-to-UrbanMigrants:TheRole oftheHukouSysteminChina LeiKuang*,LiLiu* School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Abstract China’s rural-urban dual society system is instituted by its uniquehukou system. This system causes inequalities in social status between permanent urban and rural residents, and discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants is thus prevalent. A series of studies, based on system justification theory, sought to address the impact of the hukou system on the discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants. Study 1 showed that the justification of the hukou system could predict discrimination operationalized using a social distance measure. Study 2 found that priming of the proposed abolishment of the currenthukou system led to reduced social distance. Study 3, using a recruiting scenario, further demonstrated that priming of the proposed abolishment of the system led to reduced discrimination in salary decision. Consistent with our predictions, discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants could be triggered by justifying the currenthukou system, while priming of the abolishment of the system serves to decrease discrimination. The present research thereby sheds light on China’s reform of itshukou system to achieve social justice and equality from a psychological perspective. Citation: Kuang L, Liu L (2012) Discrimination against Rural-to-Urban Migrants: The Role of theHukou System in China. PLoS ONE 7(11): e46932. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0046932 Editor: Tom Denson, The University of South Wales, Australia Received February 25, 2012;Accepted September 10, 2012;Published November 5, 2012 Copyright: ? 2012 Kuang, Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits restricted use,