IQ, grit, and academic achievement: Evidence from rural China
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Keywords
Cognitive ability; Non-Cognitive ability; Academic achievement; Junior high school; Rural China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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