China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the
decade starting in 1999. Using the China Household Finance Survey, we show that the …

We examine the teacher labour market in China using the 2005 mini-Census, in the context
of the transformation of the world's largest education system. We first document a significant …

While considerable attention has been paid to the benefits of school nutritious feeding, little
literature focused on the effect on human capital accumulation for students in poverty. By …

Uniform government public policy has steadily shaped the labor supply from households in
the past few decades in China with possible differential impact on each parent. This paper …

Agri-environment schemes (AESs) have been developed by governments to improve
biodiversity, reduce pollution from farming and encourage the provision of agriculture's non …

This study examines the impact of parental illness on child health in rural Bangladesh. Using
a set of health conditions that are as good as random, we find that parental illness has a …

We investigate the academic performance gap between students with local rural and urban
identities at the same schools in China. We find that in urban public schools, rural students …

This paper investigates the causal effect of hukou status on children's education. Before the
hukou reform in 1998, children could only inherit their mother's hukou status. Post-1998 …

Chapter Four highlights how LBC are vulnerable to heavy drinking, supported by existing
literature and the constructed conceptual framework. I engage in the literature review to …

In recent years, China has made significant strides towards building a more inclusive
education system, aiming to ensure that every child, regardless of their physical or cognitive …