Effects of education philanthropy on well-being of low-income and gifted students in China

Bin Tu, Chien-Chung Huang and Jennifer Sorensen

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 108, issue C

Abstract: In China, increasing income inequality has created excessive obstacles to the social mobility of low-income children. Private wealth may play a positive role in ameliorating inequality by way of investing in education philanthropy. Using an alumni survey from a high school in Guangdong, China, this paper utilizes human capital theory to examine the effects of education philanthropy on human capital accumulation and well-being for low-income and gifted students. The findings indicate that a well-designed education philanthropy program significantly increases well-being via human capital accumulation for these children and demonstrates potential to also reduce intergenerational inequality.

Keywords: Education; Philanthropy; Human capital; Income; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104659

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