Does Environmental Uncertainty Affect the Remigration Intention of Chinese Migrant Workers in the Pandemic?

Migrant workers are currently facing an increasingly uncertain external environment. This chapter examines the impact of environmental uncertainty on the unemployment risk perception of migrant workers and their remigration intention in the pandemic. The hierarchical regression method was used to analyze data collected from a questionnaire survey of 317 migrant workers. The study found that among the migrant workers, environmental uncertainty had no significant effect on remigration intention, environmental uncertainty had a positive effect on unemployment risk perception, unemployment risk perception had a positive effect on remigration intention, and pandemic-related uncertainty had a positive moderating effect on the relationship between environmental uncertainty and unemployment risk perception. This research enriches the literature on uncertainty from a micro perspective and further improves the theoretical research system of migration intention.