The Impact of Educational Fee Reduction Reform on School Enrolment in Rural China
利用甘肃儿童与家庭调查数据，发现教育减费改革对9-12岁儿童入学影响不显著，但显著提高了13-16岁儿童的入学率，且减费越多，2004年入学的儿童在2007年继续上学的概率越高。
We investigate the impact of educational fee reduction reform on children’s school enrolment in rural China. Using data from Gansu Survey of Children and Families, we find that the reform did not have significant impacts on school enrolment of 9–12 year old children, while the reform had significant impacts on school enrolment of 13–16 year old children. We also find that for children enrolled in 2004, the higher are the fee reductions, the higher is the probability for them to stay in school in 2007. Heterogeneous effects in terms of different characteristics are also found in this paper.