Abstract
This study conceptualized migration to Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities in Mainland China as an investment with both risk and potential gain. With a large-scale sample of younger adults in Hong Kong, we used k-mean cluster analysis to identify risk-takers in the migration case who were fully aware of both risk and potential gain and were still willing to migrate to GBA cities to venture for a better life, upward social mobility, or other personal objectives. Binary logistic regression was used to assess how biopsychosocial, environmental, and participating factors predicted the likelihood of a person becoming a risk-taker and being willing to tolerate the risk associated with migration. Results showed that being female, having experience of visiting a Mainland city, and not being a full-time employee in the hotel and catering industries were associated with a higher likelihood of becoming a risk-taker. Findings offer valuable policy implications for promoting GBA plans among young adults in Hong Kong. Copyright © 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Cities and social governance reforms: Greater Bay Area development experiences |
| Editors | Ka Ho MOK |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 73-93 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811695315 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811695308 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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