School Dropouts and Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Rural China's Junior High Schools

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-207

  Mo, Di ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^b   Yi, Hongmei ^b   Luo, Renfu ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Brinton, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL POLICY; STUDENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84873660928     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2012.724166     Document Type: Article

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