文章利用重慶市2010年人口普查數據描述和初步解釋人口流動與兒童教育的關系,特別比較父母外出的農村留守兒童、與父母同住的農村兒童和流動到城市的農村兒童在在校率、教育完成率和教育遞進率上的差異。通過使用更大的樣本和更精細的兒童類型定義,有助于更準確地理解人口流動與兒童教育的關系。研究發現:在在校率和教育遞進率上,農村留守兒童最高,與父母同住的農村兒童其次,流動到城市的兒童最低;在教育完成率、特別是初中教育完成率上,3類兒童的相對大小完全相反。3類兒童教育狀況的差異隨著兒童性別、父母教育程度和戶籍地經濟發展水平的不同而變化。收入效應、親子分離效應和制度隔離效應可能是3類兒童教育差異的原因。

Using the 2010 population census data of Chongqing,China,the paper examines the relationship between population migration and childrens education.Particularly this paper compares threetypes of rural children,the left-behind children,the children with parents at home,and the children migrating to cities,regarding to their enrollment rate,completion rate of a certain level of schooling,andthe chance of progressing to the next level of education.Taking advantage of a large sample and amore accurate definition of childrens type,the paper provides a better understanding of the relations between population migration and childrens education.The left-behind children have the highest rates ofenrollment and progression,whereas the migrant children have the lowest rates for these two indicatorsand the children with parents at home have the middle rates.In regard to the completion of junior middle school,the three types of children have a reverse order.The differences of childrens education varyby childrens gender,their parental education,and the economic development of their home regions.Income,parent-child separation,and the interference of urban institution could be reasons for educationaldifferences among the three types of children.