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Education on the cheap: The long-run effects of a free compulsory education reform in rural china

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  1. Zhao, Shuai & Hou, Linke, 2025. "Climbing the social ladder: Clans and intergenerational mobility in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(PC).
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  5. Fang Guanfu & Chen Yu, 2021. "Sibling Rivalry: Evidence from China’s Compulsory Schooling Reform," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 21(2), pages 611-656, April.
  6. Vandita Dar & Madhvi Sethi & Saina Baby, 2023. "Direct Cash Transfers in Emerging Economies: The Case of India," Business Perspectives and Research, , vol. 11(2), pages 287-308, May.
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  9. Yu, Weihua & Yu, Zengyang, 2026. "Industrial policy and human capital accumulation of urban children: Evidence from the Third Front Construction in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
  10. Chen, Anqi & Li, Yongyou, 2024. "Long-term effects of early-life education intervention on children’s outcomes: Evidence from school consolidation in rural China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
  11. Jiafeng Gu, 2024. "The Impact of Regional Patent Policies on University Technology Transfer: Empirical Evidence from China," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(4), pages 18770-18796, December.
  12. Shengnan Ma, 2025. "Compulsory education and gender gaps in intrahousehold empowerment," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 195-224, March.
  13. Wang, Suting & Zhao, Nan & Liao, Wanqing, 2026. "Long-term effects of free education on intergenerational income mobility: Evidence from free compulsory education reform in China," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
  14. Chen, Yongli & Liu, Chen, 2026. "Teacher quality and gender-differentiated long-term outcomes: Evidence from rural China," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
  15. Yue Sun & Liqiu Zhao & Zhong Zhao, 2024. "Hukou Status and Children’s Education in China," Working Papers 2024-004, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
  16. Zhao, Liqiu & Luo, Yongming & Li, Li, 2026. "Place-based affirmative action in college admission and educational attainment," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
  17. Huifu Nong & Qing Zhang & Hongjia Zhu & Rong Zhu, 2022. "Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Children’s Academic Performance in China," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 68(4), pages 951-969, December.
  18. Tani, Massimiliano & Xu, Lei & Zhu, Yu, 2021. "The impact of an un(der)funded inclusive education policy: Evidence from the 2013 China education panel survey," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 768-784.
  19. Bai, Yu & Li, Yanjun & Liu, Xinyan & Tanaka, Ryuichi, 2026. "The long-run and heterogeneous impact of educational policy on crime," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 295-311.
  20. Liu, Xinyan & Xu, Yunjiao, 2021. "Unexpected opportunity for girls: Earthquake, disaster relief and female education in China's poor counties," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
  21. Peng, Huamin & Qi, Lin & Wan, Guowei & Li, Bingqin & Hu, Bo, 2020. "Child population, economic development and regional inequality of education resources in China," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
  22. Guanfu Fang & Xin Li & Tianyu Tang, 2024. "Growing up without health insurance: Evidence from rural China," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(2), pages 363-390, February.
  23. Fu, Wentao & Zhu, Feng & Cheng, Yao, 2023. "Gender differences in intergenerational effects of laid-off parents," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 47(4).
  24. Yongwei Chen & Ying Zhang, 2020. "Effects of free compulsory education on rural well‐being in China," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 34(2), pages 78-92, November.
  25. Huichao Du & Yun Xiao & Liqiu Zhao, 2021. "Education and gender role attitudes," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(2), pages 475-513, April.
  26. Wakano, Ayako & Yamada, Hiroyuki, 2025. "The impact of terminating universal primary education on fertility: Evidence from Kenya," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
  27. Ding, Yanqing & Lu, Fengming & Ye, Xiaoyang, 2020. "Intergovernmental transfer under heterogeneous accountabilities: The effects of the 2006 Chinese Education Finance Reform," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
  28. Chen, Jiwei & Guo, Jiangying, 2022. "The effect of female education on fertility: Evidence from China’s compulsory schooling reform," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
  29. Moshoeshoe,Ramaele Elias, 2020. "Long-Term Effects of Free Primary Education on Educational Achievement : Evidence from Lesotho," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9404, The World Bank.
  30. Yue Sun & Liqiu Zhao & Zhong Zhao, 2025. "Hukou Status and Children’s Education in China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 73(2), pages 979-1021.
  31. Tang, Le & Sun, Shiyu & Yang, Weiguo, 2021. "Investments in human capital: The evidence from China’s new rural pension scheme," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
  32. Can Tang & Liqiu Zhao & Zhong Zhao, 2019. "Free Education Helps Combat Child Labor? The Effect of a Free Compulsory Education Reform in Rural China," Working Papers 2019-036, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
  33. Guo, Yumei & Song, Yang & Chen, Qianmiao, 2019. "Impacts of education policies on intergenerational education mobility in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 124-142.
  34. Zhang, Xinwu & Jia, Xiyuan & Ma, Yue, 2026. "Education on the cheap and early child development: Evidence from the free compulsory education reform in rural China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
  35. Zhongyu Deng & Yan Liu & Hongmei Ma, 2026. "Adversity and buffering: multidimensional deprivation, parenting quality, and children's cognitive ability," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
  36. Can Tang & Liqiu Zhao & Zhong Zhao, 2020. "Does free education help combat child labor? The effect of a free compulsory education reform in rural China," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 33(2), pages 601-631, April.
  37. Zhang, Shiying & Huang, Ao, 2022. "The long-term effects of automatic grade promotion on child development," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
  38. Shenglong Liu & Yuanyuan Wan & Shengxiang Xie & Xiaoming Zhang, 2025. "More Access, More Competition: Unintended Consequences of Public Education Expansion in China," Working Papers tecipa-812, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
  39. Deng, Xiang & Zhang, Hongming & Gao, Yiling & Wan, Chunlin, 2026. "Digitization of education and the urban-rural education gap: Evidence from the Chinese household income project data," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  40. Zuo, Hong & Li, Shi & Ge, Zhenyu & Chen, Jialu, 2023. "The impact of education on relative poverty and its intergenerational transmission —— Causal identification based on the Compulsory Education Law," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  41. Anna V. Tikhonova, 2023. "Development of Tax Incentives for Investments in Human Capital," Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, Financial Research Institute, Moscow 125375, Russia, issue 1, pages 116-133, February.
  42. Cui, Ying & Liu, Hong & Zhao, Liqiu, 2019. "Mother's education and child development: Evidence from the compulsory school reform in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 47(3), pages 669-692.
  43. Wei Zou & Ruiqi Ma, 2024. "An Extended Family Perspective on Intergenerational Human Capital Transmission in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 174(3), pages 1101-1139, September.
  44. Fan Qin & Yinhe Liang, 2025. "Children’s access to public education and maternal employment: evidence from China," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 38(4), pages 1-35, December.
  45. Li, Feng & Xiao, Jing Jian, 2020. "Losing the future: Household wealth from urban housing demolition and children's human capital in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
  46. Xiang Zhang & Li Peng & Lan jiang Li & Wei Fan & Jie Deng & Xiaohan Wei & Xing Liu & Zhongming Li, 2020. "Knowledge, attitude and willingness of different ethnicities to participate in cadaver donation programs," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(3), pages 1-11, March.
  47. Wang, Zhejian, 2026. "Restricting video games in China: Effects on time use, educational achievement, and health," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
  48. Liqiu Zhao & Shouying Liu & Wei Zhang, 2018. "New Trends in Internal Migration in China: Profiles of the New†generation Migrants," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 26(1), pages 18-41, January.
  49. Fang, Guanghua & Liang, Yinhe & Qin, Fan, 2026. "The long-term impact of industrialization campaigns on human capital accumulation: Evidence from the “Construction of Third Front” in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 467-483.
  50. Wenlong Mu & He Bu & Wenjie Duan & Yuze Li & Yihan Jin, 2026. "Decoding birth intervals for educational attainment in sibling sequences: evidence from nationally representative surveys in China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
  51. Li, Yaoyue & Wang, Guixin & Li, Guofeng, 2021. "Educational attainment of offspring and obesity among older adults in China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 286(C).
  52. Shi, Ruyi, 2026. "Birth order effects on education: New evidence from China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  53. Fang, Guanfu & Zhu, Ying, 2022. "Long-term impacts of school nutrition: Evidence from China’s school meal reform," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
  54. Binh Thi Thanh Dang & Trung Xuan Hoang, 2024. "The impact of compulsory primary education law on the educational attainment of children: Evidence from Vietnam," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 38(1), pages 118-147, March.
  55. Zhao, Liqiu & Wang, Fei & Zhao, Zhong, 2021. "Trade liberalization and child labor," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
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