Migrant Opportunity And 皇冠体育app Educational Attainment Of Youth In Rural China
Abstract
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 timing of national identity card distribution, which made it easier for rural migrants to register as temporary residents in urban destinations. 皇冠体育app analysis first shows that timing of identification card distribution is unrelated to local rainfall shocks affecting migration decisions, and that timing is not related to proxies reflecting time-varying changes in village policy or administrative capacity. 皇冠体育app findings show a robust negative relationship between migrant opportunity and high school enrollment. 皇冠体育app mechanisms behind the negative relationship are suggested by observed increases in subsequent local and migrant non-agricultural employment of high school age young adults as the size of the current village migrant network increases.
Citation
de Brauw, A.; Giles, J. Migrant Opportunity And 皇冠体育app Educational Attainment Of Youth In Rural China. 皇冠体育app World Bank, Washington DC, USA (2008) iii + 50 pp.