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School Dropout, Ethnicity and Religion: Evidence from Western Rural China
- Source :
- The Chinese Economy. 50:193-204
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- This article studies the determinants of school dropout decisions for western rural China by using the original and unique survey of 6,000 families in western rural China. Special focus is given to the impact of religion on dropout decisions. We find that children from religious families are more likely to drop out of school than other children, especially for those practicing Tibetan Buddhism. In addition, we find that increase in a child’s age, being a boy, and being part of an ethnic minority will increase the dropout probability while an increase in the mother’s education will decrease the dropout probability. Family income and migration status do not have significant impact on the dropout decision in western rural China.
- Subjects :
- education
05 social sciences
Buddhism
Ethnic group
050301 education
Family income
behavioral disciplines and activities
School dropout
health services administration
Drop out
mental disorders
0502 economics and business
Development economics
Demographic economics
Sociology
050207 economics
China
0503 education
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
health care economics and organizations
Dropout (neural networks)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15580954 and 10971475
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Chinese Economy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........450e913f272b64c9672910cdf1ae8655