Gansu Survey of Children and Families Papers
The Gansu Survey of Children and Families (GSCF) is a longitudinal, multi-level study of rural children's welfare outcomes, including education, health, and psycho-social development. Data have been collected in 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2009. The study focuses on the following issues:
- children's academic achievement, educational attitudes, behaviors, and experiences, psycho-social development, and physical health
- attitudes and practices of children, families, and teachers about parenting and schooling
- the mechanisms (home, community, school) linking poverty to children's welfare outcomes
- rural children's human capital acquisition and subsequent labor outcomes, including migration choices and experiences
The Gansu Survey of Children and Families is supported by the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council/Department for International Development (ESRC/DfID) Joint Scheme for Research on International Poverty Reduction. Funding for earlier waves of the project came from the World Bank, the Spencer Foundation, and the United States National Institutes of Health.
Submissions from 2020
Effect Pathways of Informal Family Separation on Children’s Outcomes: Paternal Labor Migration and Long-term Educational Attainment of Left-Behind Children in Rural China, Wensong Shen, Li-Chung Hu, and Emily Hannum
Papers from 2019
Stark Choices: Work-Family Trade-Offs among Migrant Women and Men in Urban China, Menghan Zhao and Emily Hannum
A Tangled Web: The Reciprocal Relationship between Depression and Educational Outcomes in China, Wensong Shen
Papers from 2018
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of the Left Behind in China: Education, Well-Being and Life Opportunities, Emily Hannum, Li-Chung Hu, and Wensong Shen
Papers from 2016
School violence in China: A multi-level analysis of student victimization in rural middle schools, Jennifer Adams and Emily C. Hannum
Papers from 2015
Child labour and academic achievement: Evidence from Gansu Province in China, Huajing He
Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China: Cultivating dragons and phoenixes, Peggy Kong
Maternal bargaining power, parental compensation and non-cognitive skills in rural China, Jessica Leight and Elaine Liu
The Impact of Early Childhood Rainfall Shocks on the Evolution of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills, Jessica Leight, Paul Glewwe, and Albert Park
Sibling Rivalry: Ability and Intrahousehold Allocation in Gansu Province, China, Jessica Leight
Centralized Deployment and Teacher Incentive: Evidence from Reforms in Rural China, Li Han
Professional Learning Communities and the Diffusion of Pedagogical Innovation in the Chinese Education System, Tanja Sargent
It’s Not Just about the Money: Gender and Youth Migration from Rural China, Yilin Chiang, Emily C. Hannum, and Grace Kao
Papers from 2014
Home environment and educational transitions on the path to college in rural northwest China, Tanja Sargent, Peggy Kong, and Yuping Zhang
Educational expectations, school experiences and academic achievements: A longitudinal examination, Yuping Zhang
Papers from 2013
Is Centralized Teacher Deployment More Equitable? Evidence from Rural China, Li Han
Impact of household educational expenditures on the test scores of children, Xinzheng Shi
Community Poverty, Industrialization, and Educational Gender Gaps in Rural China, Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng and Emily C. Hannum
Reforming Rural Education: Understanding Teacher Expectations for Rural Youth, Lisa Yiu and Jennifer H. Adams
Adversity and internalizing problems among rural Chinese adolescents: The roles of parents and teachers, Shannon Davidson and Jennifer H. Adams
Papers from 2012
Poverty, Food Insecurity and Nutritional Deprivation in Rural China: Implications for Children's Literacy Achievement, Emily C. Hannum, Jihong Liu, and Edward Frongillo
The Hopes Carry Them On: Early Educational Expectations and Later Educational Outcomes in Rural Gansu, China, Yuping Zhang
Identifying the Attributes of Effective Rural Teachers: Teacher Attributes and Mathematics Achievement among Rural Primary School Students in Northwest China, Jennifer H. Adams
Curriculum Transformation in China: Trends in Student Perceptions of Classroom Practice and Engagement, Jennifer H. Adams and Tanja C. Sargent
Who Goes, Who Stays, and Who Studies? Gender, Migration, and Educational Decisions among Rural Youth in China, Yilin Chiang, Emily C. Hannum, and Grace Kao
Does an intra-household flypaper effect exist? Evidence from the educational fee reduction reform in rural China, Xinzheng Shi
Papers from 2011
New Curriculum reform implementation and the transformation of educational beliefs, practices, and structures in Gansu province, Tanja Carmel Sargent
The Mediating Role of Perceived Parental Warmth and Parental Punishment in the Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China, Jennifer Jun-Li Chen and Xiaodong Liu
Examinations and educational opportunity in China: mobility and bottlenecks for the rural poor, Emily Hannum, Xuehui An, and Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng
Mothers' Educational Expectations and Children's Enrollment: Evidence from Rural China, Yuping Zhang
Influence of Home Environment on Children’s Schooling: From Teacher’s Perspective, Yuping Zhang
Papers from 2010
Does Smoking Make One Dumber? Evidence from Teenagers in Rural China, Meng Zhao, Yoshifumi Konishi, and Paul Glewwe
To Walk Out: Rural Parents’ Views on Education, Peggy A. Kong
Ability and Intrahousehold Allocation in Gansu Province, China, Jessica Leight
Parental Migration and Child Development in China, Leng Lee and Albert Park
Papers from 2009
Education management and performance after rural education finance reform: Evidence from Western China, Mingxing Liu, Rachel Murphy, Ran Tao, and Xuehui An
Revolutionizing Ritual Interaction in the Classroom: Constructing the Chinese Renaissance of the 21st Century, Tanja C. Sargent
Doing More With Less: Teacher Professional Learning Communities in Resource-Constrained Primary Schools in Rural China, Tanja C. Sargent and Emily C. Hannum
What determines basic school attainment in developing countries? Evidence from rural China, Meng Zhao and Paul Glewwe
Poverty, Parental Ill Health and Children’s Access to Schooling in Rural Gansu, China, Emily Hannum, Tanja Sargent, and Shengchao Yu
Papers from 2008
A Study on Educational Production Function in Western Regions of China, Haiping Xue and Weifang Min
Teacher Career Development and Teaching Incentive in Rural Schools, Xuehui An
Poverty and Proximate Barriers to Learning: Vision Deficiencies, Vision Correction and Educational Outcomes in Rural Northwest China, Emily Hannum and Yuping Zhang
A Survey on Substitute Teachers Status Quo in the West Rural Area of China, Xue-Hui An and Jun-xiang Xie
Beyond Cost: Rural Perspectives on Barriers to Education, Emily C. Hannum and Jennifer Adams
Family Sources of Educational Gender Inequality in Rural China: A Critical Assessment, Emily C. Hannum, Peggy A. Kong, and Yuping Zhang
Teaching Quality and Student Outcomes: Academic Achievement and Educational Engagement in Rural Northwest China, Xuehui An, Emily C. Hannum, and Tanja Sargent
Girls in Gansu, China: Expectations and aspirations for secondary schooling, Jennifer Adams and Emily C. Hannum
Papers from 2007
Educational Resources and Impediments in Rural Gansu, China, Emily Hannum and Peggy Kong
Do health sector reforms have their intended impacts?: The World Bank's Health VIII project in Gansu province, China, Adam Wagstaff and Shengchao Yu
Food for Thought: Poverty, Family Nutritional Environment, and Children's Educational Performance in Rural China, Shengchao Yu and Emily C. Hannum
Do Mothers in Rural China Practice Gender Equality in Educational Aspirations for Their Children?, Yuping Zhang, Grace Kao, and Emily C. Hannum
Papers from 2006
Community Matters in China, Jennifer H. Adams
Parental Education and Investment in Children’s Human Capital in Rural China, Philip H. Brown
Poverty, Health and Schooling in China, Shengchao Yu and Emily C. Hannum
Papers from 2005
Can insurance increase financial risk? The curious case of health insurance in China, Adam Wagstaff and Magnus Lindelow
Keeping Teachers Happy: Job Satisfaction among Primary School Teachers in Rural Northwest China, Tanja Sargent and Emily Hannum