Chen, Qihui; Xu, Jingqin; Zhao, Jiaqi; Zhang, Bo - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 2, pp. 270-286
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the returns to rural schooling in China, addressing both endogeneity in rural individuals’ schooling and self-selection into off-farm work. Design/methodology/approach This paper exploits geographical proximity to rural secondary schools to...