The long-term influence of education resources allocation on the migration: Evidence from the China’s rural school consolidation policy

Yu Zhao, Hui Du, Rui Li and Guangsu Zhou

Journal of Asian Economics, 2024, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: The experiences of student life can have lasting impacts on an individual's future outcomes. We take the policy of the Rural Primary School Consolidation Program (RPSCP) in 2001 as a quasi-natural experiment, and comprehensively examine the long-term impact of this policy on students’ migration decisions in the future. We find that the RPSCP policy has a persisting negative impact on rural students’ future migration, with a more pronounced effect among girls and younger students. Mechanism analysis suggests that the RPSCP can hinder the process of human capital accumulation, thereby reducing the likelihood of migration. Further investigation highlights that school consolidation not only affects students' career choices, but also has a profound impact on household registration conversion and settlement intentions in other regions.

Keywords: Rural school consolidation; Migration decision; Human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 O15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101710

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