The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
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Scholarly Publications
Cognitive Ability and Academic Performance Among Left-Behind Children: Evidence from Rural China
December 2020
Little attention has been paid to the role that low levels of cognitive development (or IQ) play among both left-behind children (LBCs) and children living with parents (CLPs) in the context of...
Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise
October 2020
Book Synopsis: As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic...
Impact of Spectacles Wear on Uncorrected Visual Acuity among Urban Migrant Primary School Children in China: A Cluster-Randomised Clinical Trial
July 2020
Objective: To estimate the effect of providing free spectacles on uncorrected visual acuity (VA) among urban migrant Chinese school children.