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The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.

Publications

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Improving Learning by Improving Vision: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials of Providing Vision Care in China

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It All Starts at Home: 'Home Reading Environment and Reading Outcomes in Rural China'

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Skill Levels and Gains in University STEM Education in China, India, Russia, and the United States

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The Impact of Internet Use on Adolescent Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Rural China

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Early Childhood Reading in Rural China and Obstacles to Caregiver Investment in Young Children: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

Rui Li, Nathan Rose, Yi Ming Zheng, Yunwei Chen, Sean Sylvia, Henry Wilson-Smith, Alexis Medina, Sarah-Eve Dill, Scott Rozelle

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Studies have shown that nearly half of rural toddlers in China have cognitive delays due to an absence of stimulating parenting practices, such as early childhood reading, during the critical first...

Working Paper

The Impact of Computer Assisted Learning on Rural Taiwanese Children: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

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Education and EdTech during COVID-19: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey during School Closures in China

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Impact of Spectacles Wear on Uncorrected Visual Acuity among Urban Migrant Primary School Children in China: A Cluster-Randomised Clinical Trial

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Factors Linked to Cultivating Successful Readers: Evidence from Rural China

Book cover titled "COVID-19 Global Food Security"

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Lockdowns are Protecting China’s Rural Families from COVID-19, but the Economic Burden is Heavy

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

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“At Three Years of Age, We Can See the Future”: Cognitive Skills and the Life Cycle of Rural Chinese Children

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Teacher Qualifications and Development Outcomes of Preschool Children in Rural China

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Math and Chinese-Language Learning: Where Are China’s Vulnerable Subpopulations?

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Anemia and Student's Educational Performance in Rural Central China: Prevalence, Correlates and Impacts

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

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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech: Experimental Evidence on Computer Assisted Learning in China

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The Hidden Cost of Worker Turnover: Attributing Product Reliability to the Turnover of Factory Workers

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Institutions, Implementation, and Program Effectiveness: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Learning in Rural China

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

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

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Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Vision Screening Models among Preschool Children in Rural China

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

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Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Rate of Wearing Spectacles in Schools for Children of Migrant Workers in Shanghai, China

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

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

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

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The Returns to Education in Rural China: Some New Estimates

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Manufacturing Productivity with Worker Turnover

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

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Can School Feeding Programs Reduce Malnutrition in Rural China?

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Heterogeneous Impacts of Basic Social Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure: Evidence from China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme