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 …

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 …

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 …

the three components mean child income, demographic circumstances and the distribution of child income. Child poverty is … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …

characterized by increased influence from the financial market and extreme economic events using data from the Household Income … income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has …

. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between the two ethnic groups and poverty rates are very similar. This … paradox is due to members of Hui households earning more income outside the farm than members of Han households. Particularly … young male Hui living in poor villages have a remarkably high likelihood of migrating, thereby bringing home income to their …

This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …