Early commitment on financial aid and college decision making of poor students: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural China

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-640

  Liu, Chengfang ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Luo, Renfu ^a   Wang, Xiaobing ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Sharbono, Brian ^b   Adams, Jennifer ^b   Shi, Yaojiang ^c   Yue, Ai ^c   Li, Hongbin ^d   Glauben, Thomas ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Xibei University   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

College decision; Rural China; Student financial aid

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; RURAL AREA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 79956340883     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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