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Table 5 The effects of policy simulation

From: Does preschool attendance affect the urban-rural cognition gap among middle school students? Evidence from China Education Panel Survey

Panel A

Policy 1: Increasing preschool opportunity for rural children â‘ 

Effects of preschool attendance ②

Average improvement③(=①×②)

Gap narrowed④(=③/cognition gap)

Nationwide: 77.45%→85.66%

0.136

0.011

4.44%

Western: 74.08%→87.47%

0.164

0.022

6.73%

Panel B

Policy 2: Extending preschool duration for rural children⑤

Effects of preschool durationâ‘Ą

Average improvement ⑦(=⑤×⑥)

Gap narrowed⑧(=⑦/ cognition gap)

Nationwide: 1.97 years→2.42 years

0.062

0.028

11.29%

Western: 1.71 years→2.47 years

0.052

0.040

12.23%

Panel C

Total effect of the two policies(=④+⑧)

Nationwide

15.73%

Western

18.96%

  1. Notes: (1) The data on the increase of preschool opportunity and the extension of duration are from Table 2; (2) The effects of preschool attendance are from Table 3; (3) The effects of preschool duration are estimated on the Grade 7 rural sample of nationwide and western region respectively; (4) The data on cognition gap is from Table 1
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