The impact of left-behind children on education and economy

When migrant parents do not live with their left-behind children for a long time, it will not only be detrimental to their physical and mental development, but also usually make them have to bear heavy agricultural labor or housework, which will seriously affect their learning. negative impact, even leading to dropout (Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo, 2006; Kandeland Kao, 2001). But on the other hand, migrant parents also send large amounts of remittances back to left-behind families, and these remittances may have a positive impact on the education of left-behind children. Many studies on the impact of international migration on the education of left-behind children (Borraz, 2005; Bryant, 2005; Cox Edwards and Ureta, 2003; Kandeland Kao, 2001; López, 2006; Yang, 2004) have shown that immigrant remittances can improve the education of left-behind children in the country. Gain more educational opportunities, significantly reduce the dropout rate of left-behind children and reduce the time they spend participating in the labor force. In addition, remittances from migrant parents have also effectively improved the lives and physical health of left-behind children, thereby benefiting their performance in school. For the remittance behavior of migrant parents, researchers usually use the perspective of the New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) to explain that parents' migration to work is a common decision of the entire family, so they The remittances sent back will be used to relieve the cash demand pressure of left-behind families, allowing more money to be invested in children's education (Stark and Bloom, 1985; Stark and Taylor, 1991).

However, the above-mentioned relevant foreign studies mainly examine the impact of international migration on the education of left-behind children, and there are few studies on the impact of domestic labor mobility on the education of left-behind children