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Journal Articles

School Quality and Peer Effects: Explaining Differences in Academic Performance between China’s Migrant and Rural Students

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The Journal of Development Studies, 2020

Journal Articles

Using Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) to Value Nature In Decision Making

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PNAS, 2020

Significance
To achieve sustainable development, there is a pressing need to move beyond conventional economic measures like gross domestic product (GDP). We develop gross ecosystem product (GEP), a measure that summarizes the value of the contributions of nature to economic activity. We illustrate the calculation of GEP in Qinghai Province, China, to show that the approach is tractable both across China and globally. Known as the water tower of Asia, Qinghai is the source of the Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow Rivers and nearly two-thirds of GEP derives from water-related values. GEP was greater than GDP in Qinghai in 2000, and was three-fourths as large as GDP in 2015. China is using GEP to guide investments in ecosystem conservation and restoration.

Abstract
Gross domestic product (GDP) summarizes a vast amount of economic information in a single monetary metric that is widely used by decision makers around the world. However, GDP fails to capture fully the contributions of nature to economic activity and human well-being. To address this critical omission, we develop a measure of gross ecosystem product (GEP) that summarizes the value of ecosystem services in a single monetary metric. We illustrate the measurement of GEP through an application to the Chinese province of Qinghai, showing that the approach is tractable using available data. Known as the “water tower of Asia,” Qinghai is the source of the Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow Rivers, and indeed, we find that water-related ecosystem services make up nearly two-thirds of the value of GEP for Qinghai. Importantly most of these benefits accrue downstream. In Qinghai, GEP was greater than GDP in 2000 and three-fourths as large as GDP in 2015 as its market economy grew. Large-scale investment in restoration resulted in improvements in the flows of ecosystem services measured in GEP (127.5%) over this period. Going forward, China is using GEP in decision making in multiple ways, as part of a transformation to inclusive, green growth. This includes investing in conservation of ecosystem assets to secure provision of ecosystem services through transregional compensation payments.

Journal Articles

Factors Linked to Cultivating Successful Readers: Evidence from Rural China

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International Journal of Educational Research, 2020

Journal Articles

Teacher Qualifications and Development Outcomes of Preschool Children in Rural China

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2020

Journal Articles

Large-Scale International Assessments of Learning Outcomes: Balancing the Interests of Multiple Stakeholders

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Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2020

Working Papers

Why Aren't Rural Children Completing Compulsory Education? A Survey-Based Study in China, 2003 to 2011

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China Agricultural Economic Review, 2020

Journal Articles

Feeling Bad and Doing Bad: Student Confidence in Reading in Rural China

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Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020

Journal Articles

Depressive Symptoms and the Link with Academic Performance among Rural Taiwanese Children

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020

Journal Articles

The Impact of Pay-for-Percentile Incentive on Low-Achieving Students in Rural China

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Economics of Education Review, 2020

Working Papers

Passive versus Active Service Delivery: Comparing the Effects of Two Parenting Interventions on Early Cognitive Development in Rural China

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2020

Journal Articles

Targeted Poverty Alleviation through Education: A Study of Myopia Among Rural Students in China and Prevention and Control Policy Recommendations

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Journal of East China Normal University , 2020

Journal Articles

Epidemiology, Causes, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnosis, Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) During the Early Outbreak Period: A Scoping Review

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020

Journal Articles

Wage Differential between Rural Migrants and Urban Workers in the People's Republic of China

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Asian Development Review, 2020

Journal Articles

Effect of Chinese Eye Exercises on Change in Visual Acuity and Eyeglasses Wear among School-Aged Children in Rural China: A Propensity-Score-Matched Cohort Study

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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020

Journal Articles

Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China

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Demography, 2020

Journal Articles

Visual Impairment and Spectacles Ownership among Upper Secondary School Students in Northwestern China

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Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2020

Journal Articles

Agricultural and Rural Development in China During the Past Four Decades: An Introduction

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The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019

Journal Articles

Seeing is Believing: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Eyeglasses on Academic Performance, Aspirations, and Dropout among Junior High School Students in Rural China

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Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019

Journal Articles

Reading Achievement in China's Rural Primary Schools: A Study of Three Provinces

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Educational Studies, 2019

Journal Articles

Using Standardised Patients to Assess the Quality of Medical Records: An Application and Evidence from Rural China

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BMJ, 2019

Working Papers

Manufacturing Productivity with Worker Turnover

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2019

Journal Articles

Impact of Second-Parent Migration on Student Academic Performance in Northwest China and its Implications

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The Journal of Development Studies, 2019

Journal Articles

The Returns to Education in Rural China: Some New Estimates

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The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019

Journal Articles

Can School Feeding Programs Reduce Malnutrition in Rural China?

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Journal of School Health, 2019

Journal Articles

Academic Achievement and Mental Health of Left-behind Children in Rural China

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China Agricultural Economic Review, 2019