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Direct linkLiu, Chengfang; Zhang, Linxiu; Luo, Renfu; Rozelle, Scott; Loyalka, Prashant – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Age Differences
Liu, Mingxing; Murphy, Rachel; Tao, Ran; An, Xuehui – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
Based on a survey of rural school districts in Western China, this essay explores the effects of fiscal centralisation on the relationship between local governance and school district management, most particularly on how managerial power is distributed in the rural education sector. The essay also examines some of the possible effects that changes…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Incentives, Finance Reform, Educational Finance
