educational infrastructure consolidation on educational attainment using the case of China's rural primary school closure policies …

Various education finance and taxation reforms in the past several decades have substantially changed China's system … Theil index to spatially decompose the pattern of funding inequality in China's basic education across four geographic and …

China. Reform exposure is quantified as the number of years that an individual is eligible for compulsory education. We find …

China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use …% annually) in 2000 for young people in urban areas of six provinces of China. The effect of college on those who go is 13%. Our … return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980's and the early 1990's …

China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use … % annually) in 2000 for young people in urban areas of six provinces of China. The effect of college on those who go is 13 %. Our … return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980 s and the early 1990's. …