TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nong, Huifu
AU  - Zhang, Qing
AU  - Zhu, Hongjia
AU  - Zhu, Rong
        TI  - Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Children's Academic Performance in China
        PY  - 2021/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14674
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14674
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - middle school
KW  - targeted poverty alleviation
KW  - academic outcomes
KW  - China
        ER  -