Learning but Not Acting in Rural China

This paper studies women’s participation in village elections. It focuses on the impact of voting rights training on women’s knowledge, and their voting behaviors in Ningxia, China, a Hui nationality autonomous region with a conservative cultural environment for women. A randomized controlled trial has been used in the study.

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A cluster-randomized controlled trial to measure the impact of a parenting intervention on child and parent outcomes in rural China

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.3351-1.0 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Renfu Luo

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Rural China ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Parenting Intervention ◽

Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Parent Outcomes ◽

Cluster Randomized ◽

The Impact

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The impact of vouchers on preschool attendance and elementary school readiness: A randomized controlled trial in rural China

Economics of Education Review ◽

10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 53-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Ho Lun Wong ◽

Renfu Luo ◽

Linxiu Zhang ◽

Scott Rozelle

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Elementary School ◽

School Readiness ◽

Rural China ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Preschool Attendance ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

The Impact

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The Impact of a Maternal Education Program Through Text Messaging in Rural China: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR mhealth and uhealth ◽

10.2196/11213 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (12) ◽

pp. e11213 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ri-Hua Xie ◽

Hongzhuan Tan ◽

Monica Taljaard ◽

Yan Liao ◽

Daniel Krewski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Education Program ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Maternal Education ◽

Rural China ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Cluster Randomized ◽

The Impact

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A cluster-randomized controlled trial to measure the impact of a parenting intervention on child and parent outcomes in rural China

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.3351 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Renfu Luo

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Rural China ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Parenting Intervention ◽

Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Parent Outcomes ◽

Cluster Randomized ◽

The Impact

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Does Women's Knowledge of Voting Rights Affect their Voting Behaviour in Village Elections? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in China

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0305741012001531 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 213 ◽

pp. 39-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Xiaopeng Pang ◽

Junxia Zeng ◽

Scott Rozelle

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Voting Rights ◽

Control Group ◽

Voting Behaviour ◽

Village Elections ◽

Rural Village ◽

The Third ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Insufficient Knowledge

AbstractOfficials in China claim that voting rates in rural village elections are high. However, the true voting rate is lower, especially for women. We postulate that women are less likely to vote owing to insufficient knowledge about their rights. The objective of this paper is to test whether the knowledge levels of women and village leaders about women's voting rights can affect women's voting behaviour. We report on the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 700 women in China's Fujian and Liaoning provinces. Villages were randomly assigned to either a control group or one of three intervention groups. One intervention provided voting training to women only, another provided training to both women and village leaders, and the third provided training to village leaders only. After women received training, their scores on a test of voting knowledge increased, and they more fully exercised their voting rights. When only village leaders were trained, test scores and voting behaviour were not statistically different from the control villages.

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The Effect of Providing Free Eyeglasses on Children’s Mental Health Outcomes in China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph15122749 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. 2749 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hongyu Guan ◽

Huan Wang ◽

Kang Du ◽

Jin Zhao ◽

Matthew Boswell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Rural China ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

School Students ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Learning Anxiety ◽

Cluster Randomized ◽

The Impact

If children with common vision problems receive and use eyeglasses, their educational performance rises. Without proper treatment, visually impaired children may not achieve educational gains and could suffer from poor mental health. We use a randomized controlled trial to study the impact of an eyeglasses promotion program in rural China on the mental health of myopic primary school students. Three measures of mental health are used: learning anxiety, physical anxiety, and scores on the Mental Health Test (MHT). Our empirical analysis showed that on average, the treatment has small and insignificant for learning anxiety and MHT, and a small but significant reduction in physical anxiety. However, subgroup analysis reveals that myopic students who study more intensively see their learning anxiety and physical anxiety reduced after being provided with eyeglasses. In contrast, students with the lower study intensity suffer a rise in learning anxiety after receiving eyeglasses. A potential mechanism for the differing impacts is the increase in teasing reported among low study-intensity students that does not occur for high study-intensity students. Care should be taken to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of in-school vision programs.

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