Children of Migrants: The Cumulative Impact of Parental Migration on Children’s Education and Health Outcomes in China

Meng, Xin; Yamauchi, Chikako

doi:10.1007/s13524-017-0613-z

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“…The survey was purposely designed to differentiate among urban families, rural families, and rural-urban migrant families. The research topics include migrant children's education, health and the extent to which they assimilate into city communities [68] [113]. CFPS (China Family Panel Survey) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey launched in 2010 by Peking University.…”

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Literature Review on Educational Attainment of Migrant Children in China

Zhang¹

2016

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This paper reviews the literature on migrant children's educational attainment in Chinese urban cities. The review attempts to explore the central government's policy of institutional segregation and the barriers established by local policy on the issue of migrant children's access to education. Furthermore, the review examines the direct consequences of policies that limit migrant children's school enrollment, thus affecting their educational and psychological performance and their social integration in urban areas. Lack of equal access to education for migrant children is also closely correlated with education inequality and poverty, which reinforce each other and form a trap for poor families. Finally, this paper endeavors to review the contribution of recent studies on migrant children's education in urban cities, with a focus on quantitative data and methods applied by recent studies on the topic. At the same time, the review discusses the limitations of current studies and potential areas for future research.

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Literature Review on Educational Attainment of Migrant Children in China

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2016

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“…() found that paternal migration had significant and positive impacts on the academic performance of left‐behind children. Conversely, Meng and Yamauchi () and Zhao et al. () found that paternal migration had significantly negative effects on the academic performance of left‐behind children.…”

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“…For example, Bai et al (2018) and Chen et al (2009) found that paternal migration had significant and positive impacts on the academic performance of left-behind children. Conversely, Meng and Yamauchi (2017) and Zhao et al (2014) found that paternal migration had significantly negative effects on the academic performance of left-behind children. There also exist studies that found no significant effect of paternal migration on left-behind children's education (Li et al, 2017).…”

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“…They are more susceptible to being victims of crimes, psychological problems, accidents, and injuries, and they are also prone to conduct asocial and criminal activities, compared with rural children in nonmigrant households (Chen, Liang, & Ostertag, 2017;Fu, Xue, & Zhou, 2017;Lee & Park, 2010;Liu, Li, & Ge, 2009;Wu, Li, & Chen, 2016;Zhan, Li, Liu, & Zhang, 2014). However, there is no consensus on how paternal migration affects left-behind children's education in rural China (Bai et al, 2018;Chen, Huang, Rozelle, Shi, & Zhang, 2009;Lee & Park, 2010;Li, Wang, & Nie, 2017;Meng & Yamauchi, 2017;Wang, 2014;Zhao, Yu, Wang, & Glauben, 2014). For example, Bai et al (2018) and Chen et al (2009) found that paternal migration had significant and positive impacts on the academic performance of left-behind children.…”

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Timing and duration of paternal migration and the educational attainment of left‐behind children: Evidence from rural China

Wang

2018

Review Development Economics

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This paper examines the relationship between the migration of men from rural China and the educational attainment of their left‐behind children. The importance of migratory timing and duration are addressed. Using survey data, the study found that compared with rural children of nonmigrant parents, rural children of migrant fathers have a lower probability of being enrolled in school. In addition, the relationship between migratory timing, duration, and school enrollment shows an interesting pattern; children whose fathers migrated when they were infants are more likely to be enrolled in school, but children whose fathers migrated before their birth or after they reached school age are less likely to be enrolled in school. Possible explanations for this pattern are provided.

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“…However, the effect of the absence of only one parent is insignificant. Meng and Yamauchi (2015) find a sizable adverse impact of exposure to parental migration on children's educational as well as health outcomes. Biavaschi, Giulietti, and Zimmermann (2015) find that parental migration negatively affects children's educational attainment, but this negative effect is in part compensated for by the presence of an older sibling, especially an older sister.…”

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No longer left-behind: The impact of return migrant parents on children's performance

Liu

Xiaoxian

2018

China Economic Review

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Children of Migrants: The Cumulative Impact of Parental Migration on Children’s Education and Health Outcomes in China

Cited by 127 publications

References 36 publications

Literature Review on Educational Attainment of Migrant Children in China

Literature Review on Educational Attainment of Migrant Children in China

Timing and duration of paternal migration and the educational attainment of left‐behind children: Evidence from rural China

No longer left-behind: The impact of return migrant parents on children's performance

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