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Yaojiang Shi is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, specializing in the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Education, Epidemiology, Safety Research, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work focuses on several main topics, such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Early Childhood Education and Development, Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, and Parental Involvement in Education.

Yaojiang Shi has contributed to numerous publications, with a notable presence in key academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Journal of Asian Economics
  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMJ Open

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yaojiang Shi include:

  • Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China (2020) published in Demography
  • Family Environment In Rural China And The Link With Early Childhood Development (2020) published in Early Child Development and Care
  • The impact of parental migration on non-cognitive abilities of left behind children in northwestern China (2020) published in Journal of Asian Economics
  • IQ, grit, and academic achievement: Evidence from rural China (2020) published in International Journal of Educational Development
  • Patient satisfaction and its health provider-related determinants in primary health facilities in rural China (2022) published in BMC Health Services Research

Throughout their career, Yaojiang Shi has collaborated extensively with various researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hongyu Guan
  • Ai Yue
  • Fang Chang
  • Scott Rozelle
  • Qiufeng Gao

Best Publications

  • Effect of providing free glasses on children’s educational outcomes in China: cluster randomized controlled trial

    Xiaochen Ma;Xiaochen Ma;Zhongqiang Zhou;Hongmei Yi;Xiaopeng Pang

  • China's Left-Behind Children: Impact Of Parental Migration On Health, Nutrition, And Educational Outcomes.

    Chengchao Zhou;Sean Sylvia;Linxiu Zhang;Renfu Luo

  • Dropping out: Why are students leaving junior high in China's poor rural areas?

    Hongmei Yi;Linxiu Zhang;Renfu Luo;Yaojiang Shi

  • Survey using incognito standardized patients shows poor quality care in China’s rural clinics

    Sean Sylvia;Yaojiang Shi;Hao Xue;Xin Tian

  • Nutrition and Educational Performance in Rural China's Elementary Schools: Results of a Randomized Control Trial in Shaanxi Province

    Renfu Luo;Yaojiang Shi;Linxiu Zhang;Chengfang Liu

  • Effect of Migration on Children's Educational Performance in Rural China

    Xinxin Chen;Qiuqiong Huang;Scott Rozelle;Yaojiang Shi

  • Elected leaders and collective land: Farmers’ evaluation of village leaders’ performance in rural China

    John James Kennedy;Scott Rozelle;Yaojiang Shi

  • Tuberculosis Detection and the Challenges of Integrated Care in Rural China: A Cross-sectional Standardized Patient Study

    Sean Yuji Sylvia;Hao Xue;Chengchao Zhou;Yaojiang Shi

  • Effect of Parental Migration on the Academic Performance of Left-behind Children in Northwestern China

    Yu Bai;Linxiu Zhang;Chengfang Liu;Yaojiang Shi

  • China’s Invisible Crisis: Cognitive Delays among Rural Toddlers and the Absence of Modern Parenting

    Ai Yue;Yaojiang Shi;Renfu Luo;Jamie Chen

  • Dropping Out of Rural China's Secondary Schools: A Mixed-methods Analysis*

    Yaojiang Shi;Linxiu Zhang;Yue Ma;Hongmei Yi

  • Effectiveness of provider incentives for anaemia reduction in rural China: a cluster randomised trial

    Grant Miller;Renfu Luo;Linxiu Zhang;Sean Sylvia

  • Malnutrition in China's rural boarding schools: the case of primary schools in Shaanxi Province

    Renfu Luo;Yaojiang Shi;Linxiu Zhang;Chengfang Liu

  • Pay by Design: Teacher Performance Pay Design and the Distribution of Student Achievement

    Prashant Loyalka;Sean Sylvia;Chengfang Liu;James Chu

  • Development challenges, tuition barriers, and high school education in China

    Chengfang Liu;Linxiu Zhang;Renfu Luo;Scott Rozelle

  • Can information and counseling help students from poor rural areas go to high school? Evidence from China

    Prashant Loyalka;Prashant Loyalka;Chengfang Liu;Yingquan Song;Hongmei Yi

  • Anaemia among Students of Rural China’s Elementary Schools:Prevalence and Correlates in Ningxia and Qinghai’s Poor Counties

    Renfu Luo;Linxiu Zhang;Chengfang Liu;Qiran Zhao

  • Computer assisted learning as extracurricular tutor? Evidence from a randomised experiment in rural boarding schools in Shaanxi

    Fang Lai;Linxiu Zhang;Xiao Hu;Qinghe Qu

  • Impact of various types of near work and time spent outdoors at different times of day on visual acuity and refractive error among Chinese school-going children.

    Hongyu Guan;Ning Neil Yu;Huan Wang;Matthew Boswell

  • Does taking one step back get you two steps forward? Grade retention and school performance in poor areas in rural China

    Xinxin Chen;Chengfang Liu;Linxiu Zhang;Yaojiang Shi

  • The impact of teacher credentials on student achievement in China

    Jessica Hsiaochieh Chu;Prashant Loyalka;Prashant Loyalka;James Chu;Qinghe Qu

  • Tuberculosis Detection and the Challenges of Integrated Care in Rural China

    Sean Sylvia;Hao Xue;Chengchao Zhou;Yaojiang Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Renfu Luo
Renfu Luo Peking University
Aiqin Wang
Aiqin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph D. Tucker
Joseph D. Tucker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jishnu Das
Jishnu Das Georgetown University

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