Family Arrangements and Children's Education Among Migrants: A Case Study of China.
Family Arrangements and Children's Education Among Migrants: A Case Study of China.
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DOI：
10.1111/1468-2427.12649
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发表时间：
2018-07
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Youqin Huang;Zai Liang;Qian Song;R. Tao
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作者：
Youqin Huang;Zai Liang;Qian Song;R. Tao
随着中国正在经历一场城市革命，大量农村人口向城市迁移，数百万儿童受到父母迁移及其家庭安排决定的深刻影响。由于歧视性的户口制度和城市恶劣的生活条件，农民工父母面临的困境是他们应该把孩子带到城市还是把他们留在城里。这一决定决定了儿童所生活的家庭、学校和社区环境，而这些环境反过来又决定了他们的福祉。本文采用比较留守儿童与流动儿童的独特策略，从社会性别视角考察了流动儿童不同的家庭安排、住房条件和性别动态对儿童教育福利的影响。我们的研究结果表明，家庭安排对儿童的影响是复杂的，这是以工资收入和性别的缺席父母和孩子。我们发现，社会经济背景较差的孩子从搬到城市中受益更多。与父母同住的孩子和与母亲和祖父母同住的孩子往往表现得更好。虽然住房条件的影响是微不足道的，但家庭安排对儿童有性别影响。并提出了相关政策建议。
As China is experiencing an urban revolution with massive rural-to-urban migration, millions of children are profoundly affected by their parents' migration and their decision on family arrangement. With the discriminatory Hukou system and harsh living conditions in cities, the dilemma migrant parents face is whether they should bring children to cities or leave them behind. This decision determines the household, school and community environment children live in, which in turn shapes their wellbeing. With a unique strategy of comparing "left behind children" to "migrant children" and a gendered perspective, this paper examines how different family arrangements among migrants and consequent housing conditions and gender dynamics affect children's educational wellbeing. Our findings demonstrate the complex impact of family arrangement on children, which is conditioned on wage income and the gender of absent parent and the child. We find that children from less favorable socioeconomic backgrounds benefit more from moving to cities. Children living with both parents and those living with mother and grandparents tend to do better. While the effect of housing conditions is marginal, family arrangement has a gendered effect on children. Related policy recommendations are provided.