Holdings: Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China

Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China

This paper investigates how reductions of barriers to migration affect the decision of middle school graduates to attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in the timi...

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Main Authors:	de Brauw, Alan, Giles, John
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AVERAGE ENROLLMENT BASIC EDUCATION BORROWING BULLETIN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL RETURNS CAPITAL STOCKS CHILD LABOR CITIZENSHIP COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS COST OF EDUCATION CREDIT CONSTRAINT CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CULTURAL CHANGE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION EARLY EDUCATION EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSITION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED CHILDREN EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL SUBSIDIES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENDOWMENTS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATES EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY BUSINESSES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PREFERENCES FARMERS FEMALE MIGRANTS FERTILITY FINANCIAL REFORM FINANCIAL SUPPORT FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER GENDER GAPS GENDER STRATIFICATION GREEN REVOLUTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HIGHER INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INFORMAL CREDIT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LAND TENURE LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOAN PROGRAM LOAN PROGRAMS LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL LABOR MARKET LONG-TERM MIGRANT MAJORITY OF CHILDREN MARKET DEVELOPMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATION MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MOTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS OLDER CHILDREN PACIFIC REGION PAPERS PHYSICAL ASSETS PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DECLINES POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROFITABILITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUSH FACTOR RECEIPT REGISTRATION SYSTEM RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCHERS RESIDENCE STATUS RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTIES RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL STUDENTS SAVINGS SCHOLARS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL TUITION SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SHORT-TERM MIGRANTS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOURCE OF INFORMATION SPOUSE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LOAN STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS TECHNICAL TRAINING TEEN TEENAGERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TUITION TUITION COSTS TUITIONS UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGE VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9025120/migrant-opportunity-educational-attainment-youth-rural-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6415

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Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China

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