Compensating Education Cost for Students from Poor Families/Regions: Theory and Method

Ma Hongmei; Lei Wanpeng

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2020.11.010

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Ma Hongmei, Lei Wanpeng. Compensating Education Cost for Students from Poor Families/Regions: Theory and Method[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2020, 38(11): 119-126. doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2020.11.010

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Ma Hongmei, Lei Wanpeng. Compensating Education Cost for Students from Poor Families/Regions: Theory and Method[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2020, 38(11): 119-126. doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2020.11.010

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Compensating Education Cost for Students from Poor Families/Regions: Theory and Method

doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2020.11.010

Faculty of Education, Central China Normal University/Hubei Institute for Basic Education Research Wuhan, 430079, China

Available Online: 2020-11-13
Publish Date: 2020-11-13

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The paper reviews the theoretical underpinning and technical framework for approximating students’ educational cost differentials by taking individuals’ background characteristics into account. The study addresses the issue of how much more cost a poor student needs to achieve the same academic performance by employing weighted formula widely-used in existing literatures, as children born in poor families or neighborhoods where challenges are inevitable need extra public expenditures to reach the same level of accomplishments, which need to be financially equalized across schools or broader geographic units. Hedonic price theory tailored for equalizing differences will serve as the theoretical foundation for interpreting education cost differentials for those disadvantaged pupils. The article provides both conceptual framework and empirical strategy for providing quality education service across different geographic spaces, and sheds light on how to evaluate local governments’ efforts in targeting population in poverty and helping them out as well.

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