Educational optimism in China: migrant selectivity or migration experience?
Educational optimism in China: migrant selectivity or migration experience?
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DOI：
10.1080/1369183x.2017.1417825
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu
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作者：
Cebolla-Boado, Hector;Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu
本文讨论了所谓的移民乐观主义的悖论，这占较高的教育期望的移民原籍儿童，在目的地国的非移民相比，有条件的社会背景和学校成绩。我们有兴趣澄清这种乐观背后的机制是否与移民的选择性或家庭移民经历有关。为了做到这一点，我们使用了来自中国教育小组研究的数据，这是一项对中国初中生的代表性调查。我们采用双管齐下的分析策略。首先，我们研究经历过家庭移民（在中国境内）是否与更高的教育期望相关。其次，我们退一步，探讨是否青少年谁希望自己长大后迁移报告更高的教育期望。我们的研究结果证实，那些希望在成年后移民的青少年，甚至在任何移民的意图实现之前，就已经更加乐观了。我们认为这是选择性的间接证明。相反，我们没有发现家庭移民对期望的影响。
This paper addresses the so-called paradox of immigrant optimism, which accounts for the higher educational expectations of immigrant-origin children, compared to non-immigrants in destination countries, conditional on social background and school attainment. We are interested in clarifying whether the mechanisms behind this optimism are related to migrant selectivity or family migration experience. To do this we use data from the China Education Panel Study, a representative survey of junior high school students in China. We use a two-pronged analytical strategy. Firstly, we look at whether having experienced family migration (within China) is associated with higher educational expectations. Secondly, we take a step back and explore whether adolescents who wish to migrate themselves when they grow up report higher educational expectations. Our findings confirm that adolescents who wish to migrate themselves when adults are already more optimistic even before any intentions of moving come to fruition. This we take as an indirect proof of selectivity. In contrast, we find no effect of family migration on expectations.