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 ...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^ education at the compulsory education level and beyond.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation of China (Project Number:71773074)National Science Foundation of China Youth Program (Project Number:71303149)+4 种基金the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation (Lu Jiaxian and Gao Wenying Special Foundation)the Program for Innovative Research Team of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (Project Number:2014110310)the National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Project Number:71425005)China National Science Foundation (Project Number:71773037)the Yangtze River Scholars Program (Project Number:T2012069).
文摘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^ education at the compulsory education level and beyond.
