2025/06/24 by Qifan Ding, Qiaobing Wu · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
paper · doi:10.1177/00131245251345803
crossref issued 2025/06/24 · crossref published 2025/06/24 · crossref published-online 2025/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2025/06/24 · crossref created 2025/06/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref published-print 2025/11/01 · crossref deposited 2026/04/28 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Migrant children have no guarantee of schooling after the end of compulsory education in Chinese cities because of the restriction of the hukou system and the high school entrance examination policies. It remains unclear how different types of high school entrance examination policies in China play a role in the relationship between the educational expectations of migrant children and various dimensions of capitals they have. Based on 2,808 Chinese migrant children, the current study indicated that the loose policy level, which means access to both high schools and vocational schools, affected the relationship between economic capital and the educational expectations of migrant children. The findings emphasize the importance of loose level of high school entrance examination policy for migrant children from low-income families, which give them more opportunities to realize their educational expectations and change fortunes.