Ability and intrahousehold allocation in Gansu province, China.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Country:
China
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Leight, J.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the strategies employed by households in rural China to allo- cate educational expenditure to children of diferent endowment, examining whether parents use educational funding to reinforce or compensate for variation in endowment. Employing climatic shocks as an instrument for children's endowment yields results indicating that parental expenditure is preferentially directed to children of lower endowment.

Citation

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Ability and intrahousehold allocation in Gansu province, China.

Published 1 January 2010
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