School Dropouts and Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Rural China's Junior High Schools
School Dropouts and Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Rural China's Junior High Schools
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10.1080/00220388.2012.724166
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2011-04
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Di Mo;Linxiu Zhang;Hongmei Yi;R. Luo;S. Rozelle;C. Brinton
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作者：
Di Mo;Linxiu Zhang;Hongmei Yi;R. Luo;S. Rozelle;C. Brinton
摘要本研究的总体目标是检验中国农村是否存在辍学问题，并探讨有条件现金转移支付（CCT）计划对辍学率的有效性。为了实现这一目标，我们进行了一项随机对照试验（RCT），以评估CCT的影响，使用的样本是中国西北地区一个国家指定的贫困县的300名最贫困的初中生。我们发现，在所研究的县，年辍学率为7.8%，贫困家庭儿童的辍学率甚至更高，为13.3%。我们证明，CCT计划可将辍学率降低60%。该计划对学习成绩较差的学生最有效，对女孩和年龄较小的学生可能更有效。
Abstract The overall goal of this study is to examine if there is a dropout problem in rural China and to explore the effectiveness of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme on the rate of dropping out. To meet this goal, we conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact of the CCT using a sample of the poorest 300 junior high school students in a nationally-designated poor county in Northwest China. We find that the annual dropout rate in the study county was 7.8 per cent and even higher, 13.3 per cent, among the children of poor households. We demonstrate that a CCT program reduces dropout by 60 per cent. The programme is most effective among students with poor academic performance, and likely more effective among girls and younger students.