The external effect of better-educated parents on student academic outcome

Yajie Liu, Mingzhi Mao and Haifeng Zhang

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 14, 1281-1285

Abstract: This paper exploits the random assignment rule embedded in Chinese education system to investigate the external effect of better-educated parents in a class on students’ academic outcomes. Using a representative sample of Chinese middle school students, our estimation results show that a higher share of classmates with college-educated parents helps improve test scores of the students in the class. We further show that such external effect may arise from positive interactions between parents.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1927952

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