外出务工对农村地区教育人力资本积累的影响

Accumulation of Educational Human Capital in Rural China:Does Parental Labor Migration Matter?

随着国民收入的稳步提升,已跨入中等收入国家的中国面临着陷入中等收入陷阱的威胁,而提升教育人力资本水平被公认是跨越中等收入陷阱的关键举措。因此,研究青少年,特别是教育环境受到较大冲击的、有过外出务工经历人员子女的教育人力资本积累问题有着十分重大的意义。据此使用CHIP2013农村部分数据,考察分析了父母外出务工经历对其子女受教育年限的影响。研究结果表明:父母在子女14岁及之前的外出务工经历对子女教育人力资本的积累具有显著的负向影响。相对于没有父母外出经历的子女而言,该人群子女的受教育年限要少近0.23年。与此同时,其获得高中及大学及以上学历的几率低4%。父母的外出务工经历对于子女教育人力资本的积累产生了显著的负向影响。

With increasing income levels, China is facing the challenge of falling into the middle-income trap. Improving educational human capital is recognized as a key solution to ensure sustained development. For this rea- son, it is valuable to pay close attention to educational attainment in poor rural China, particularly for those chil- dren whose parent migrated out for work. What is the impact of parental labor migration on the accumulation of educational human capital of those children？ Using the CHIP2013 data, this paper attempts to answer this question by comparing the educational levels of those children to those children who live with their parents. The results in- dicate that parental labor migration leads to a significant negative impact on the years of education and the probabil- ity of obtaining higher education of them. More attention should be paid to those children whose parent migrated out for work.