college and elite college access between poor, rural youth and other students after expansion. We estimate the gaps in access … using data on all students who took the college entrance exam in 2003. Our results show that gaps in access remained high …

the start of junior high increases the rate at which disadvantaged students matriculate into high school. Based on a … randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …, that providing the CCT increases high school matriculation among the subset of disadvantaged students who overestimate the …

the start of junior high increases the rate at which disadvantaged students matriculate into high school. Based on a … randomized controlled trial involving 1,418 disadvantaged (economically poor) students in rural China, we find that the promise …, that providing the CCT increases high school matriculation among the subset of disadvantaged students who overestimate the …

found that the program had no significantly heterogeneous impact on students with different academic performance … 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 …

resources for schools. However, scholarship on the relationship between school re- sources and student academic performance has … resources, and student academic performance. Using data collected in 94 rural primary school in designated poverty areas of … western rural China, the empirical study found that school expenditures on students and teachers account for only 12% of total …