Daily bidirectional associations between adolescent negative peer interactions and sleep in rural China: The moderating effect of parental migration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youchuan Zhang ◽  
Yijie Wang
Keyword(s):  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Bidirectional Associations

The Effect of Parental Migration on the Educational Attainment of Their Left-Behind Children in Rural China

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1037-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Xuefei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract About 60 million children under the age of 18 are left behind by their parents in rural China. This paper studies the effect of migrant parents on the educational attainment of their left-behind children in rural China. A theoretical model of optimal schooling in the context of parental migration is proposed. Then, reduced-form equations are estimated using probit model, instrumental variables probit model, and linear instrumental variables model. Results show that parental migration has a negative effect on children’s school enrollment. This negative effect is significant and sizable on the school enrollment of boys, but insignificant on the school enrollment of girls. The most important source of this robust negative effect on boys is the absence of fathers. Results suggest that left-behind mothers or relatives cannot fulfill fathers’ role successfully in disciplining boys and help with their educational needs.

Parents’ Migration and Adolescents’ Transition to High School in Rural China: The Role of Parental Divorce

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 3324-3359
Author(s):  
Shu Hu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Transition To High School ◽  
Parental Migration

Using both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a migrant-sending county from 2012 to 2013, this article examines the mechanisms through which parental migration could shape adolescents’ transition to high school in rural China. Though parental migration improves children’s educational outcomes via social remittance of education value, it also leads to a decline in children’s educational achievements by increasing the odds of parental divorce. The likelihood of divorce rises with the migration of mother or both parents, and this significantly increases the risks of discontinuing schooling and transitioning to vocational high schools, relative to attending academic high schools. In contrast to the conventional explanations of economic resources and psychological health, this article emphasizes the significant role of marital instability in the link between parental migration and children’s educational outcomes.

scholarly journals The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiran Zhao ◽  
Xiaohua Yu ◽  
Xiaobing Wang ◽  
Thomas Glauben
Keyword(s):  
School Performance ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
The Impact

The impact of parental migration on depression of children: new evidence from rural China

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongshan Yue ◽  
Zai Liang ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Xinyin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 467-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ning ◽  
H.-H. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Social Welfare Programs ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
At Home

Using an individual-level dataset drawn from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2009, this paper investigated whether the parental labour migration is associated with deficiencies in the nutrition intakes of children left at home in the rural area. The results show that the parental migration increases the probability of deficiency in the energy and protein intake of children left at home. Although several studies have pointed out that the parental remittances can increase the economic well-being of their children at home, this study points to an undesired cost of the parental migration. Governments should establish effective policies to promote the benefits of migration while minimizing the potential costs. In particular, specific social welfare programs targeting on children in the rural area can be designed to insecure the nutritional health of children left at home in the rural area.  

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