abstract: 'Since the initiation of the economic reforms in 1978, generations of

  Chinese migrants have moved from the countryside to cities to seek job

  opportunities. As a result of financial constraints and institutional

  obstacles, many migrants leave their children at the place of origin, to

  be taken care of by partners, grandparents or other caregivers. Whilst

  previous studies primarily focus on the impacts of parental migration on

  children''s education and health, very few studies have examined its

  longer-term impacts on labour market income when children reach

  adulthood. Yet parental migration is likely to influence children''s

  human capital accumulation and skill development. Drawing on data from

  the 2011 Chinese Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey, this article fills

  the gap by exploring the relationship between different types of

  parental migration and their children''s wages when the children have

  grown up and migrated to work in cities. Structural models are employed

  to estimate both education and wage equations simultaneously to capture

  the direct effect of parental migration on wages, together with the

  mediating effect of education. The results show significantly negative

  relationships between parental migration and young migrants'' educational

  attainment and wages. Those who experienced the out-migration of both

  parents are most disadvantaged in the urban labour market. The study is

  important for policies aimed at improving migrants'' life prospects and

  enhancing social mobility and equality.'
affiliation: 'Chen, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ Sheffield, Sch East Asian Studies,
  Fac Social Sci, 6-8 Shearwood Rd, Sheffield S10 2TD, S Yorkshire, England.

  Lyu, Lidan; Chen, Yu, Renmin Univ China, Ctr Populat \& Dev Studies, Beijing, Peoples
  R China.'
author: Lyu, Lidan and Chen, Yu
author-email: yu.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Lyu
  given: Lidan
- family: Chen
  given: Yu
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0042098018787709
eissn: 1360-063X
files: []
issn: 0042-0980
journal: URBAN STUDIES
keywords: 'China; labour market; left-behind children; parental migration;

  rural-to-urban migration'
keywords-plus: 'INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; FAMILY-STRUCTURE; LABOR MIGRATION;

  MENTAL-HEALTH; RURAL CHINA; CHILDREN; REMITTANCES; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE;

  EXPERIENCES'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '10'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
pages: 1968-1987
papis_id: 8f41f0bb3210ad1239326c966aca9448
ref: Lyu2019parentalmigration
times-cited: '17'
title: 'Parental migration and young migrants'' wages in urban China: An exploratory
  analysis'
type: Article
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volume: '56'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Urban Studies
year: '2019'