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Do Rural Students Perform As Well As Their Urban Classmates? Evidence From Urban China

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  • BIN XU

    (KRI-Modern Business Research Center of Zhejiang Gongshang University, 18 Xuezheng St, Qiantang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, P. R. China†School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, 18 Xuezheng St, Qiantang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, P. R. China)

  • QIANBIN YU

    (��School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, 18 Xuezheng St, Qiantang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, P. R. China)

  • YUEMEI YUAN

    (��The Party School of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Hangzhou 311121, P. R. China)

Abstract

We investigate the academic performance gap between students with local rural and urban identities at the same schools in China. We find that in urban public schools, rural students achieve lower test scores than their urban counterparts. Evidence suggests that compared to their urban counterparts, rural students are recorded with lower personality traits, engaging in fewer teacher–student interactions, and receiving unfriendly attitudes from their urban peers, even though they appreciate the role of education as much as their urban counterparts do. To promote the human capital accumulation of rural students at local urban schools, we need to solve the above problems by enhancing their social integration.

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  • Bin Xu & Qianbin Yu & Yuemei Yuan, 2025. "Do Rural Students Perform As Well As Their Urban Classmates? Evidence From Urban China," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 70(05), pages 1247-1275, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:70:y:2025:i:05:n:s0217590824500206
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590824500206
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    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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