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The impact of primary school investment reallocation on educational attainment in rural China

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  • Tobias Haepp
  • Lidan Lyu

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In this paper, we analyze how removing village-level primary schools and effectively merging these into larger township-level schools has affected educational attainment in rural China. We employ individual and village-level information from the China Household Ethnic Survey (CHES) which covers regions intensively affected by the removal campaign. We find a negative effect of school removals on primary school and junior high school completion rates. However, we also find positive effects on educational attainment beyond junior high school for those students who began their education in the new merged primary schools. This effect can be attributed to resource pooling and higher teacher quality in the new schools. The adverse effects are more severe for girls, especially if new schools did not provide boarding and are located far away from student residences, and also for children whose parents have low educational attainment, thus exacerbating gender inequality and intergenerational transmission of education inequality.

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  • Tobias Haepp & Lidan Lyu, 2018. "The impact of primary school investment reallocation on educational attainment in rural China," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 606-627, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:23:y:2018:i:4:p:606-627
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2018.1515004
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    1. Zhenchao Zhang & Weixin Luan & Chuang Tian & Min Su & Zeyang Li, 2021. "Spatial Distribution Equilibrium and Relationship between Construction Land Expansion and Basic Education Schools in Shanghai Based on POI Data," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-17, October.
    2. Noah Kaiser & Christina K. Barstow, 2022. "Rural Transportation Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Impacts, Implications, and Interventions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-48, February.
    3. Bin Tang & Yue Wang & Yujuan Gao & Shijin Wu & Haoyang Li & Yang Chen & Yaojiang Shi, 2020. "The Effect of Boarding on the Mental Health of Primary School Students in Western Rural China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-17, November.
    4. Dongre, Ambrish & Tewary, Vibhu, 2020. "Pain without gain?: Impact of school rationalisation in India," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

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