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Teachers and Urban-Rural Gaps in Educational Outcomes.
- Source :
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Jul2018, Vol. 100 Issue 4, p1207-1223, 17p, 8 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- We examine the role of teachers in explaining the urban-rural gap in educational outcomes. Using a large panel data set of students and teachers collected from China and explicitly controlling for the endogeneity of prior student academic achievement, we find that the urban-rural difference in teacher effects contributes in large part to the observed urban-rural gap in student academic achievement. In other words, if rural teachers were of the same quality as urban teachers, the urban-rural gap in student academic achievement would be reduced substantially. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029092
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130990592
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay009