The cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling of left-behind children in rural China

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.07.007

	The cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling of left-behind children in rural China
	Dong, Yongqing 1,6; Wang, Weidong 2; Li, Shaoping 3; Zhang, Linxiu 4,5
刊名	JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
	2021-08-01
卷号	86 页码:527-541
关键词	Cumulative impact Migration Schooling years Left-behind children Rural China
ISSN号	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.07.007
通讯作者	Dong, Yongqing(dongyongqing@tju.edu.cn)
英文摘要	It is widely known that parental migration for off-farm employment plays an important role in the livelihoods of families in rural areas of developing countries. Undoubtedly, it has made contributions to poverty reduction, income increases, and the strengthening of the consumption capacity of rural families. However, research on whether it has a long-term effect on the schooling of laborers' children is still scarce despite the short-run effect of parental migration on children's academic performance receiving considerable attention in recent empirical research. This paper investigates the impact of parental migration for off-farm employment on the schooling years of left-behind children in rural China. We draw on a unique dataset collected by the authors themselves through the nationally representative China Rural Development Survey. By using ordinary least squares and the family fixed effects model, our results show that parental migration increases the educational investment in children, while it has no effect on the schooling years of left-behind children. It implies previous studies using the contemporaneous measure for parental migration might overestimate the adverse effect of exposure to parental migration on children's schooling years. This study makes two contributions to the literature - one, it is the first study in the china context on the cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling years of left-behind children and second, it applies the family fixed effects model to alleviate the endogeneity problems.
资助项目	Humanity and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education[20YJC790020] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2019M651046] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2019T120188]
WOS关键词	EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT ; LABOR MIGRATION ; REMITTANCES ; PERFORMANCE ; MIGRANTS ; PATTERNS ; POVERTY ; HEALTH ; INEQUALITY ; AFRICA
WOS研究方向	Geography ; Public Administration
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000691215900014
资助机构	Humanity and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/165092]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Dong, Yongqing
作者单位	1.Tianjin Univ, Ctr Social Sci Survey & Data, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, China Ctr Agr Policy, Sch Adv Agr Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modelling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 5.UN Environm Programme Int Ecosyst Management Part, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Tianjin Univ, Coll Management & Econ, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dong, Yongqing,Wang, Weidong,Li, Shaoping,et al. The cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling of left-behind children in rural China[J]. JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES,2021,86:527-541.
APA	Dong, Yongqing,Wang, Weidong,Li, Shaoping,&Zhang, Linxiu.(2021).The cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling of left-behind children in rural China.JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES,86,527-541.
MLA	Dong, Yongqing,et al."The cumulative impact of parental migration on schooling of left-behind children in rural China".JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES 86(2021):527-541.