子女随迁与农民工的城市融入感

Migrant Children and Rural-urban Migrant's Integration to the City

越来越多的农民工父母在迁移的过程中选择把子女带在身边,形成了"家庭迁移"模式。相较于"个体迁移",这种"家庭迁移"的模式是否有利于增进农民工的城市融入感?本文在构建效用分析框架的基础上,利用微观调查数据研究子女随迁对农民工城市融入感的影响效应。使用工具变量和内生转换回归模型的估计结果发现子女随迁确实显著增进了农民工的城市融入感。"家庭迁移"模式下的农民工的城市融入意愿、长期定居意愿以及其本地人身份认同感均显著高于个体迁移者。

More migrant parents now choose to bring their children with them when migrating to the city.This emerging phenomenon in China is called the'family migration'.Compared to individual migrants,does'family migration'contribute to better integration to the city?Based on a two period utility model,we study the migrant children's impact on their parents'integration to the city,using the migration dynamic monitoring data conducted by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China.Using the IV estimation and endogenous switching model,we find that bringing children to the city does increase migrant parents'sense of integration to the city.Migrant parents bringing their children along to the city have greater willingness to integrate and settle in the city.We also discuss the mechanism behind this influence and make several policy suggestions.Providing better access to education,medical care,and other social welfare will facilitate the migrants'better integration to the city.