关键词: 农民工, 辍学打工, 经济理性, 流动政策

Abstract: In addressing long-term development of rural youth，this article explores the phenomenon and the mechanisms of school dropout for migrant work for rural youth which is currently a common social problem in China．The analysis based on survey data shows that dropout for migrant work is related to the following factors: the distance between rural and urban society，individuals' economic attitude，their perspective on macro-social trends，and their parents' educational concept and method．Other than the structural issue on the urban-rural differences，the decision of rural youth of school dropout for migrant work is made by an economic-rationality-based model．However，dropout for migrant work should not be considered solely as a personal issue of rural youth，but also a social problem that needs to be addressed through policy adjustment．Therefore，it is suggested that a gradient based migration policy be adopted to avoid a single，utilitarian and economically orientated perspective．

Keywords: Peasant Workers, Dropping out of School for Work, Economic Rationality, Migration Policy