The education of China's migrant children: The missing link in China's education system

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Lai, Fang ^a,b   Liu, Chengfang ^c   Luo, Renfu ^c   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Ma, Xiaochen ^d   Bai, Yujie ^a   Sharbono, Brian ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Education; Migration; Test scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STUDENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84900542375     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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