Introduction Inadequate care during early childhood can lead to long-term deficits in skills.
Parenting programmes that encourage investment in young children are a promising tool for …

China's rapid development and urbanization have induced large numbers of rural residents
to migrate from their homes to urban areas in search of better job opportunities. Parents …

Public services provision in the developing world, including China, is crucial for rural
development and poverty reduction. Although there has been much effort focused on public …

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 …

This paper examines the academic performance of migrant students in China and explores
determinants of their performance. The paper compares academic performance, student …

The education of the disadvantaged population has been a long-standing challenge to
education systems in both developed and developing countries. Although computer …

Despite growing wealth and a strengthening commitment from the government to provide
quality education, a significant share of students across rural China still have inadequate …

The overall goal of this study is to examine if there is a dropout problem in rural China and to
explore the effectiveness of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme on the rate of …

This article explores the problem of cognitive delays among toddlers in rural China and the
role of their caregivers in producing low levels of cognition (ie, low IQ). According to the …

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 …