Table 3.
Balancing test for the allocation of educational resources across classes within schools.
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| Average student age | Proportion of boys | Average cognitive ability test score | Average birth order | Average number of siblings | Average years of paternal education | Average years of maternal education | Prop. Of classmates with rural “Hukou” | Prop. Of classmates with “above average” household income | |
| Class size | 0.078 (0.068) | −0.001 (0.001) | −0.010 (0.019) | −0.007 (0.005) | −0.012 (0.008) | −0.008 (0.022) | −0.006 (0.028) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.005 (0.005) |
| Teacher's: Age | −0.025 (0.055) | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.007 (0.011) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.003 (0.007) | −0.005 (0.023) | −0.010 (0.027) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.003 (0.002) |
| Gender | 0.132 (0.514) | −0.005 (0.017) | −0.077 (0.130) | 0.038 (0.036) | 0.047 (0.061) | −0.274 (0.176) | 0.009 (0.218) | 0.018 (0.033) | −0.019 (0.019) |
| Education | −0.229 (0.258) | −0.004 (0.006) | −0.013 (0.053) | 0.001 (0.018) | 0.017 (0.026) | −0.035 (0.101) | 0.114 (0.124) | 0.005 (0.014) | −0.003 (0.010) |
| Teaching experience | 0.048 (0.038) | −0.001 (0.001) | 0.001 (0.007) | 0.002 (0.003) | 0.001 (0.005) | −0.006 (0.014) | 0.003 (0.016) | 0.002 (0.003) | 0.002 (0.001) |
| Total number of classes taught | 0.124 (0.218) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.020 (0.033) | 0.005 (0.014) | −0.001 (0.019) | −0.108 (0.091) | −0.155 (0.102) | −0.011 (0.021) | 0.005 (0.005) |
| Weekly hours spent teaching | 0.028 (0.054) | −0.004 (0.003) | 0.015 (0.016) | 0.003 (0.005) | 0.006 (0.007) | −0.034 (0.031) | −0.030 (0.033) | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.003 (0.005) |
| Weekly hours spent planning lessons | 0.031 (0.053) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.009) | −0.001 (0.004) | −0.003 (0.004) | 0.008 (0.014) | −0.014 (0.020) | 0.004 (0.003) | 0.005** (0.002) |
| Weekly hours spent grading homework | −0.072*** (0.020) | −0.000 (0.001) | −0.002 (0.006) | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.005 (0.003) | 0.002 (0.011) | 0.009 (0.014) | 0.001 (0.002) | −0.001 (0.001) |
| Graduated from teacher-training schools/majors | 0.381 (0.669) | −0.022 (0.024) | 0.020 (0.165) | −0.038 (0.065) | −0.011 (0.087) | −0.232 (0.320) | −0.206 (0.470) | −0.015 (0.041) | 0.022 (0.036) |
| Received awards | −0.046 (0.207) | 0.011 (0.009) | −0.034 (0.049) | −0.013 (0.016) | 0.015 (0.020) | 0.122 (0.079) | 0.061 (0.111) | −0.008 (0.011) | −0.013 (0.008) |
| Backbone teacher | −0.072 (0.410) | 0.008 (0.014) | −0.005 (0.113) | −0.009 (0.040) | −0.084 (0.057) | −0.167 (0.186) | 0.159 (0.225) | −0.041 (0.039) | −0.009 (0.022) |
| School fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Constant | 154.700*** (4.359) | 0.601*** (0.145) | 0.487 (1.042) | 1.951*** (0.442) | 1.241** (0.608) | 12.826*** (1.765) | 9.903*** (2.173) | 0.556 (0.335) | 1.125*** (0.288) |
| N | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| R2 | 0.971 | 0.913 | 0.840 | 0.906 | 0.940 | 0.971 | 0.967 | 0.958 | 0.916 |
Notes: Analyses reported in this table are performed at the class level. Standard errors in parentheses. **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.