Effect of Migration on Children's Educational Performance in Rural China

Xinxin Chen, Qiuqiong Huang, Scott Rozelle, Yaojiang Shi and Linxiu Zhang
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Xinxin Chen: College of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, 149 Jiaogong Road, Hangzhou 310035, China

Comparative Economic Studies, 2009, vol. 51, issue 3, 323-343

Abstract: Migration is one of the main ways of alleviating poverty in developing countries, including China. However, there are concerns about the potential negative effects of migration on the educational achievement of the children that are left behind in villages when one or both of their parents out-migrate to cities. This paper examines changes in school performance before and after the parents of students out-migrate. Surprisingly, we find that there is no significant negative effect of migration on school performance. In fact, we find that educational performance improves in migrant households in which the father out-migrates. Comparative Economic Studies (2009) 51, 323–343. doi:10.1057/ces.2008.44; published online 21 May 2009

Date: 2009
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