The Effect of Primary School Mergers on Academic Performance of Students in Rural China

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Chengfang; Zhang, Linxiu; Luo, Renfu; Rozelle, Scott; Loyalka, Prashant
Titel	The Effect of Primary School Mergers on Academic Performance of Students in Rural China
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 30 (2010) 6, S.570-585 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.003
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Age Differences; Elementary School Students; Grades (Scholastic); Educational Development; International Education; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Surveys; Consolidated Schools; School Closing; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Notenspiegel; Bildungsentwicklung; Internationale Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; School closings; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen)
Abstract	We examine the impact of primary school mergers on academic performance of students using a dataset that we collected using a survey designed specifically to examine changes in the academic performance of students before and after their schools were merged. We use difference-in-differences and propensity score matching approaches and demonstrate that overall the primary school merger has not harmed the academic performance of students, as some have claimed. We do find, however, that the timing of mergers matter; when students are older (e.g., the fourth grade) their grades rise after merging. The grades of younger students, however, fall. (Contains 9 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10