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1. 1. To What Extent Do Migrant Children Affect Local Children in Urban China: A Study of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Classroom Peer Effects

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Queennie Huang; Tony Liang; [2020]
   Keywords : Peer effects; Internal migration; Migrant children; Education; China;

   Abstract : Recognising the multitude of social barriers to equal educational opportunities faced by Chinese rural-to-urban migrant children, this paper examines the peer effects of migrant children on local children in urban public schools. Using the two-wave panel data from the China Education Panel Survey collected over the academic years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, we examine to what extent are urban local children's cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes affected by class proportions of rural-to-urban migrant children. READ MORE