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Detailed Information

Country	Country: China
GDP per capita	3.046
Context details	N/A
Age	Grades 7-12

2. Intervention

Implementation year	N/A
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	N/A
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Students were given annual transfers of $222 if they were enrolled in a 3-year vocational or academic senior high school program

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grades 7-12	Enrollment	N/A	N/A	413	Coeff: 9.70; SE: 4.90; SD: 100.00
Grades 7-12	Dropout	N/A	N/A	377	Coeff: -0.70; SE: 2.20; SD: 100.00

Study	Liu, Chengfang, Hongmei Yi, Renfu Luo, Yunli Bai, Linxiu Zhang, Yaojiang Shi, Wang Huan, James Chu, and Scott Rozelle. "The effect of early commitment of financial aid on matriculation to senior high school among poor junior high students in rural China." Rural Education Action Project, Stanford Working Paper 254 (2012).