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

China Economic Review

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-54

  Zhao, Qiran ^a,b   Yu, Xiaohua ^c   Wang, Xiaobing ^d   Glauben, Thomas ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Instrumental variable; Migration; Rural China; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906778051     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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