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    Highway Access and Human Capital Investments in the Rural Regions of the People's Republic of China

    Li, Han; Zhao, Guochang; Teng, Zhaoyue | October 2019
    Abstract
    The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has made massive investments since the late 1990s in highway infrastructure, connecting its rural and urban regions. In this paper, we study the impact of highway investments on the educational choices in rural PRC. Because enhanced connectivity facilitates people’s move, the poor in rural regions can gain access to a larger labor market, altering the opportunity costs of educational investment. Using 2005 population census data, we find that highway access significantly reduces the enrollment rate of senior high schools in rural PRC by 9%, but it does not affect the enrollment rates of both junior high and elementary schools, whose students are typically under the age of 16. This negative effect is more significant on students in rural regions than in urban regions.
    Citation
    Li, Han; Zhao, Guochang; Teng, Zhaoyue. 2019. Highway Access and Human Capital Investments in the Rural Regions of the People's Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/11241.
    Keywords
    Public Education
    Parent Education
    Equity In Education
    Educational Policies
    Educational Reforms
    Quality Education
    Bus Transportation Costs
    Demand For Transport
    Means Of Transport
    National Transport
    Passenger Transport
    Road & Highway Transport
    Road Transportation Systems
    Sea Transport
    Transport Costs
    Transport Efficiency
    Transport Infrastructure
    Transport Planning
    Transport Policy
    Transport Services
    Transport Systems
    Transport Tax
    Transportation
    Out of school education
    Alternative education
    Educational policy
    Educational planning
    Educational aspects
    Modes of transport
    Airports
    Ports
    Shipping
    Taxis
    Vehicle
    Automobile industry
    Road traffic
    Inland transport
    International transport
    Public transport
    Urban transport
    Transport projects
    Transport workers
    Transport statistics
    Transport networks
    Urban traffic
    Tutors and tutoring
    Educational change
    Educational innovations
    Total quality management in education
    Educational accountability
    Homebound instruction
    Communication and traffic
    Navigation
    Transport planes
    Air transportation industry
    Air transportation system
    Intra-airport transportation
    Inland water transportation
    Intercoastal shipping
    Marine transportation
    Local transit
    Highway transportation
    Motor transportation
    Student transportation
    Choice of transportation
    Public transportation
    Transportation industry
    Mass transit
    Municipal transit
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    Author
    Li, Han
    Zhao, Guochang
    Teng, Zhaoyue
    Theme
    Education
    Transport
     
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