The effect of primary school mergers on academic performance of students in rural China |
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| Authors: | Chengfang Liu Linxiu Zhang Renfu Luo Scott Rozelle Prashant Loyalka |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute for Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Anwai Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China;2. Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, Encina Hall East, E407, Stanford, CA94305, USA;3. China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, Beijing 100080, China |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | O12 O15 |
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