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Shao, Yueyang; Liu, Qimeng – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
Due to grades as a primary concern in school selection in China, parents tend to choose a better school when their children enter secondary school from primary school resulting in the changing peer group (reference group). According to the Social Comparison Theory, individuals are affected by comparing with the people around them to get their own…
Descriptors: School Choice, Grades (Scholastic), Secondary Schools, Social Influences