Persisting or dropping out: a grounded theory of school-to-work transitions of young migrants in China

Thesis

This doctoral thesis inductively develops a grounded theory of school-to-work transitions of young rural-to-urban internal migrants in China. It seeks to explain why some young people persist, whereas others drop off their pathways beyond compulsory education. It draws on intensive interviews with young migrants (n = 35) and their parents (n = 15) conducted during 11 months of fieldwork in an outskirt district of Shanghai. The scope of this thesis covers school-to-work transitions of young...

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Authors: Lohove, L

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Interest-environment fit; School-to-work transition; Grounded Theory; Vocational school; China; Drop out; Decision-making; Work-bound youth; Shanghai; Persistence; Migrant youth
• Subjects: Dropouts; Persistence; School-to-work transitionDropouts; Sociology; Rural-urban migration; Migration, Internal; Education; Youth; Qualitative research; Vocational education; East Asia; Grounded theory