The education of migrant children in China's urban public elementary schools: Evidence from Shanghai
The education of migrant children in China's urban public elementary schools: Evidence from Shanghai
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中国城市公立小学流动儿童的教育：来自上海的证据
DOI：
10.1016/j.chieco.2019.02.002
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发表时间：
2019-04-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Feng, Shuaizhang
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作者：
Chen, Yuanyuan;Feng, Shuaizhang
农民工子女的教育状况决定着中国未来劳动力的人力资本水平。中国城市中的大多数流动儿童现在在公立学校学习。本文利用2010年和2012年上海市自采数据，对外来务工人员子女在公办小学的学习成绩进行了评价。我们发现，在学校之间，家庭背景较好的农民工学生进入的学校质量较高。在同一所学校，农民工学生在认知和非认知维度上的表现与当地学生相当。我们的研究结果表明，没有证据表明，在公立学校对农民工学生的校内歧视，改善他们的教育的关键是获得更好的学校。
The education of migrant children critically determines the level of human capital of China's future labor force. The majority of migrant children in Chinese cities now study in public schools. This paper uses self-collected data in Shanghai in 2010 and 2012 to evaluate the performance of migrant students in public elementary schools. We find that across schools, migrant students with better family background enter into schools with higher quality. Within the same schools, migrant students perform as well as their local counterparts, in both cognitive and non-cognitive dimensions. Our results suggest that there is no evidence of within-school discrimination against migrant students within public schools, and the key to improving their education is access to better schools.