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Table 1 Reasons for leaving job, classification as quit or displacement, and their distribution: migrant and urban samples 2009

From: The costs of worker displacement in urban labor markets of China

Reasons

Migrant

Urban

Classification

1 Factory bankruptcy or closure

128

914

Displacement

2 Moving of enterprise/organization

29

85

Displacement

3 Factory acquisition, restructuring and privatization

19

294

Displacement

4 Laid off collectively

27

314

Displacement

5 Dismissal initiated by employer

48

66

Displacement

6 Expiring of employment contract

50

237

Quit

7 Expiring of probation time

15

17

Quit

8 Own illness or injury

34

79

Quit

9 Studies

21

27

Quit

10 Retirement

7

1727

Quit

11 Early retirement

6

406

Quit

12 Marriage

44

55

Quit

13 Parental leave

56

179

Quit

14 Need to take care of other members of family

57

85

Quit

15 Change of residence

13

70

Quit

16 Wanted/was proposed job with higher salary or better working conditions

1167

680

Quit

17 Wanted/was proposed more interesting work

222

133

Quit

18 Wanted to start own business

286

165

Quit

19 Closure of own business

34

69

Quit

20 Other (Specify)

429

266

Quit

  1. Note Authors’ calculations based on 2009 wave of RUMIC data set.