Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245725 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14674
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the causal impact of China's targeted poverty alleviation program on the academic achievement of students from poor households. We use the longitudinal academic records of a cohort of students from all middle schools in a nationally designated poor county in China. Using the difference-in-differences approach, we show that targeted poverty alleviation improves the scholastic performance of girls and their achievement rank among peer students. However, we find no such empirical evidence for boys. Our findings suggest that the new anti-poverty program in China has the potential to ameliorate the intergenerational transmission of low socioeconomic status to girls by promoting their human capital accumulation.
Subjects: 
targeted poverty alleviation
academic outcomes
middle school
China
JEL: 
I21
I32
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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