Does attending a key school have a quality premium? A regression discontinuity analysis
ZHANG, Haifeng
Does attending a key school have a quality premium? A regression discontinuity analysis - Applied Economics Letters Volume , number , .
This article investigates the effect of attending a key high school using unique administrative data collected from China. We employ regression discontinuity design to mitigate selection bias arising from unobservable individual ability. Our results show that attending a key high school has a positive effect on student’s college entrance examination score. The results are robust to various robustness checks.
key school
school quality
student achievement
Does attending a key school have a quality premium? A regression discontinuity analysis - Applied Economics Letters Volume , number , .
This article investigates the effect of attending a key high school using unique administrative data collected from China. We employ regression discontinuity design to mitigate selection bias arising from unobservable individual ability. Our results show that attending a key high school has a positive effect on student’s college entrance examination score. The results are robust to various robustness checks.
key school
school quality
student achievement