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In modern economies young people increasingly migrate for secondary and tertiary education (Boyden and Crivello 2014: 37–38; Froerer 2011). In recent years, anthropological studies explored the effect of children’s migration for education on intergenerational relations (for example Ansell and van Blerk 2007: 27; Heissler 2011: 35; Holloway and Valentine 2000; Panelli et al. 2010). Through the lenses of fosterage and child circulation, this chapter analyses the link between migration for education and social inequality.
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Jolliffe, P. (2016). Migration for Education and Social Inequality. In: Learning, Migration and Intergenerational Relations. Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57218-9_5
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