What determines basic school attainment in developing countries? Evidence from rural China

Meng Zhao and Paul Glewwe

Economics of Education Review, 2010, vol. 29, issue 3, 451-460

Abstract: This paper analyzes recent household survey data from Gansu, a less developed province in Northwest China, to examine school attainment in a poor rural area of China. Censored ordered probit regressions are used to estimate the determinants of years of schooling. Child nutritional status, as measured by height-for-age Z-scores, and household income have positive effects on completed years of schooling. Mothers' education and attitudes toward children's education also have strong effects. Children of mothers with 6 years of primary education will go to school 1.4 years longer than their counterparts whose mothers who have no education. Science labs in lower secondary schools appear to have positive impacts; providing a science lab is estimated to extend years of schooling by 1.8 years. Finally, teachers' experience in lower secondary schools also has a strong positive impact on school attainment.

Keywords: Demand; for; schooling; Economic; development; Child; nutrition; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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