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Research on the Education of Migrant Children in China: A Review of the Literature

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  • Yuanyuan Chen

    (School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics (Ministry of Education), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China)

  • Shuaizhang Feng

    (Institue for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China)

  • Yujie Han

    (Institue for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China)

Abstract

With the rapid urbanization and mass internal migration in China during the past several decades, the population of children who migrate with their parents to the cities has now reached over 35 million. The education of migrant children poses significant challenges to China's hukou based education system. In this paper, we first review the policy developments and descriptive studies related to migrant children's education to offer a comprehensive view of the issue. We then provide in-depth examination of several important quantitative literatures, including the effect of parental migration on children's education, schooling choices of migrant children and their impacts on school performance, peer effects of migrant children in urban public schools. Overall, although considerable progress has been made regarding migrant children's education in China, more fundamental policy reforms are necessary to improve the quality of migrant children's education at the compulsory education level and beyond.

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  • Yuanyuan Chen & Shuaizhang Feng & Yujie Han, 2019. "Research on the Education of Migrant Children in China: A Review of the Literature," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 14(2), pages 168-202, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:14:y:2019:i:2:p:168-202
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    1. Chen, Yuanyuan & Feng, Shuaizhang & Han, Yujie, 2020. "The effect of primary school type on the high school opportunities of migrant children in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 325-338.
    2. Zhang, Jianshun & Zhou, Yao, 2023. "The peer effect of migrant children on students’ non-cognitive outcomes: Evidence from China," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    3. Gustafsson, Björn Anders & Sai, Ding, 2023. "China's Urban Poor – Comparing Twice Poverty between Residents and Migrants in 2013 and 2018," IZA Discussion Papers 16255, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    migrant children; education; public schools; migrant schools; compulsory education; hukou;
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    JEL classification:

    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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