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Does taking one step back get you two steps forward? Grade retention and school performance in poor areas in rural China
Xinxin Chen; Chengfang Liu; Linxiu Zhang; Yaojiang Shi; Scott Rozelle
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 30, No. 6 pp. 544–559
Despite the rise in grade retention in poor areas in rural China recently, little work has been done to understand the impact of grade retention on the educational performance of students in these areas in rural China. This paper seeks to redress...
Language: English
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Do you get what you pay for with school-based health programs? Evidence from a child nutrition experiment in rural China
Sean Sylvia; Renfu Luo; Linxiu Zhang; Yaojiang Shi; Alexis Medina; Scott Rozelle
Economics of Education Review Vol. 37, No. 1 (December 2013) pp. 1–12
This study uses a randomized controlled trial of a school-based anemia reduction program in rural China to examine how increased school emphasis on health promotion affects academic performance. Although education and health promotion are...
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Transfer paths and academic performance: The primary school merger program in china
Di Mo; Hongmei Yi; Linxiu Zhang; Yaojiang Shi; Scott Rozelle; Alexis Medina
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 32, No. 3 (May 2012) pp. 423–431
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, China's Ministry of Education embarked on an ambitious program of primary school mergers by shutting down small village schools and opening up larger centralized schools in towns and county seats. The goal of the...
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Dropping out: Why are students leaving junior high in China's poor rural areas?
Hongmei Yi; Linxiu Zhang; Renfu Luo; Yaojiang Shi; Di Mo; Xinxin Chen; Carl Brinton; Scott Rozelle
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 32, No. 4 (July 2012) pp. 555–563
Despite requirements of and support for universal education up to grade 9, there are concerning reports that poor rural areas in China suffer from high and maybe even rising dropout rates. Although aggregated statistics from the Ministry of...
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Mental health and dropout behavior: A cross-sectional study of junior high students in northwest rural China
Huan Wang; Chu Yang; Fei He; Yaojiang Shi; Qinghe Qu; Scott Rozelle; James Chu
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 41, No. 1 (March 2015) pp. 1–12
Junior high dropout rates are up to 25% in poor, rural areas of China. Although existing studies have examined how factors such as high tuition and opportunity costs contribute to dropout, fewer studies have explored the relationship between dropout ...
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Exploring the dropout rates and causes of dropout in upper-secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools in China
Hongmei Yi; Linxiu Zhang; Yezhou Yao; Aiqin Wang; Yue Ma; Yaojiang Shi; James Chu; Prashant Loyalka; Scott Rozelle
International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 42, No. 1 (May 2015) pp. 115–123
Policymakers in many developing countries regard upper-secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as a key element in economic growth and poverty reduction. Unfortunately, there is evidence that upper-secondary TVET programs in ...
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Early commitment on financial aid and college decision making of poor students: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural China
Chengfang Liu; Linxiu Zhang; Renfu Luo; Xiaobing Wang; Scott Rozelle; Brian Sharbono; Jennifer Adams; Yaojiang Shi; Ai Yue; Hongbin Li; Thomas Glauben
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 4 (August 2011) pp. 627–640
Many educational systems have struggled with the question about how best to give out financial aid. In particular, if students do not know the amount of financial aid that they can receive before they make a decision about where to go to college and ...
Language: English