Using household data from 1988 to 2018, we confirm that the increase in income inequality in China has come to a halt … of inequality across the different dimensions of income, consumption, and wealth. Households at the top of one dimension … analysed, and the savings rate links income and consumption, while capital accumulation is the central mechanism linking income …

Students from poor, rural areas of China receive less secondary schooling than their urban peers in part because of …

find that the effects of the program among middle-income students are stronger compared with those of other groups. And we … affects students' schooling decisions after graduation from junior high school. By using a longitudinal dataset of 2348 … students in two counties, we use ordinary least squares and propensity score matching to evaluate the impact of this program on …

A significant gap remains between rural and urban students in the rate of admission to senior high school. One reason … students in China. We surveyed three counties in Shaanxi Province and exploit the fact that, while the counties are adjacent to … statistically significant and positive impact on the math scores of seventh grade students. More importantly, this program is shown …

Recent studies have shown that only about two-thirds of the students from poor, rural areas in China finish junior high … school and enter high school. One factor that may be behind the low rates of high school attendance is that students may be … trial (RCT) using a sample of 131 junior high schools and more than 12,000 students to test the effects of providing …