摘要：Many studies have confirmed that the separation of parents and children has a negativeimpact on children.s growth. Although compulsory-education barriers for migrants. childrenhave gradually disappeared in China, many families who migrate to cities have to leave theirschool-age children in their hometown. In this paper, using a logit model, we investigate whichfactors in.uence school-residential choice for migrants. children. The latest migration survey,Shanghai.s 2011 Floating Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey, which contains data on 23,517 migrant families, is used. We obtain two major findings. First, higher levels of householdincome and parents. education increase the probability of migrants. children receiving theireducation in the city. Our second finding, which has more policy implications, is thatnoncompulsory-education barriers still prevent many migrants. children from moving to thecity
关键词：migrants. children; school-residential choice; college entrance examination
