| ID | 161879 |
| Title Proper | Educational and nutritional consequences of education subsidy in rural China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wang, Yiru |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper investigates the effects of the most widespread education subsidy—the “two waivers, one subsidy” policy—on school enrollment and nutrition intake among rural children from needy families in China. Using the difference-in-difference identification strategy and data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find this policy was quite influential for poor children of junior high school age, increasing their school enrollment by 11 percentage points. When stratified by gender, the influence was found limited to male students. Besides, the subsidy increased the calorie and fat intake among junior high school-aged children, suggesting that part of the savings from the education expenses was transferred to food expenses. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Economic Review Vol. 51; Oct 2018: p.167-180 |
| Journal Source | China Economic Review 2018-09 51 |
| Key Words | Rural China ; Educational ; Nutritional Consequences of Education |