Childhood migration and educational attainment: Evidence from Indonesia

IF 5.1 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
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Millions of families migrate every year in search of better opportunities. Whether these opportunities materialize for the children brought with them depends on the quality of the destination that their parents selected. Exploiting variation in the age of migration, I analyze the impact of destination quality on the educational outcomes of childhood internal migrants in Indonesia. Using Population Census microdata from 2000 and 2010, I show that children who spend more time growing up in districts characterized by higher average educational attainment among permanent residents tend to exhibit greater probabilities of completing primary and secondary schooling. Moreover, educational outcomes of migrants converge with those of permanent residents at an average rate of 1.7 to 2.2 percent annually, with children from less educated households benefiting more from additional exposure. My findings suggest substantial heterogeneity of returns to childhood migration with respect to destination.

儿童移民与教育成就:印度尼西亚的证据
每年都有数百万家庭为寻找更好的机会而移民。这些机会能否为随迁子女带来,取决于其父母选择的目的地的质量。利用移民年龄的变化,我分析了目的地质量对印度尼西亚国内移民儿童教育成果的影响。通过使用 2000 年和 2010 年的人口普查微观数据,我发现,在常住居民平均教育程度较高的地区成长时间越长的儿童,完成小学和中学教育的概率越大。此外,移民的教育成果以每年平均 1.7% 至 2.2% 的速度向常住居民的教育成果靠拢,教育程度较低家庭的儿童从额外的接触中获益更多。我的研究结果表明,儿童移民的收益在目的地方面存在很大的异质性。
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72 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Development Economics publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development - from immediate policy concerns to structural problems of underdevelopment. The emphasis is on quantitative or analytical work, which is relevant as well as intellectually stimulating.
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