The effect of primary school mergers on academic performance of students in rural China

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-585

  Liu, Chengfang ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Luo, Renfu ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Loyalka, Prashant ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Rural China; School merger

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; MERGER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; STUDENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77955094940     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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