 Social capital and educational inequality of migrant children in contemporary China: A multilevel mediation analysisGaoming Ma and Qiaobing Wu Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 99, issue C, 165-171 Abstract: With the unprecedented migration in China, migrant children’ wellbeing becomes a great social problem. There is an emerging literature on the educational inequality of migrant children, but most studies focus on either the institutional barriers or the individual factors. This article argues for a holistic perspective, studying the mechanisms of hukou system and social capital through which children's migration affects their education. Based on the China Education Panel Survey and the random-intercept mediation model, the article shows that the educational outcome of migrant children is significantly worse than urban peers. Most of the negative effects are attributed to the hukou–related school quality and others are mediated by social capital within the family and the community. Surprisingly, the results show that the child–father interactions have a negative effect on children's education. The practical and policy implications for migrant children's wellbeing are discussed. Keywords: Social capital; Hukou system; Educational inequality; Migrant children; Multilevel mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:99:y:2019:i:c:p:165-171 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.02.002 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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