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Exploring the impact of interrupted education on earnings: the educational cost of the Chinese cultural revolution
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert George - 2007
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution many schools stopped normal operation for a long time, senior high schools stopped student recruitment for up to 6 years, and universities stopped recruitment for an even longer period. Such large scale school interruptions significantly reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268098
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Exploring the impact of interrupted education on earnings : the educational cost of the Chinese cultural revolution
Meng, Xin (contributor); Gregory, Robert G. (contributor) - 2007
"During the Chinese Cultural Revolution many schools stopped normal operation for a long time, senior high schools stopped student recruitment for up to 6 years, and universities stopped recruitment for an even longer period. Such large scale school interruptions significantly reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429627
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - 2007
The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this program on school participation and duration of schooling using a household survey data collected in 2000, after 7 years of operation of the program. Using propensity score matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267871
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : the Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - In: Journal of population economics 23 (2010) 2, pp. 415-447
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935713
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The contribution of IFPRI research and the impact of the Food for Education Program in Bangladesh on schooling outcomes and earnings
Ryan, James G.; Meng, Xin - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400419
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin (contributor); Ryan, Jim G. (contributor) - 2007
"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this program on school participation and duration of schooling using a household survey data collected in 2000, after 7 years of operation of the program. Using propensity score...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429632
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Does a Food for Education Program Affect School Outcomes? The Bangladesh Case
Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - 2021
The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this program on school participation and duration of schooling using a household survey data collected in 2000, after 7 years of operation of the program. Using propensity score matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317237
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Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000
Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822037
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Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication
Gong, Cathy Honge; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822212
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How Much Do We Know about the Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Employment of Migrants?
Meng, Xin; Kong, Sherry Tao; Zhang, Dandan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363347