TITLE:
The Influence of Shadow Education on Cognitive Ability and Non-Cognitive Ability
AUTHORS:
Xiangyu Zhao
KEYWORDS:
Family Socioeconomic Status, Tutoring Class, Cognitive Ability, Non-Cognitive Ability
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.10 No.3,
March
25,
2019
ABSTRACT: Utilizing a nationally
representative data set from China Education Panel Survey (CEPS), this study examines the effects of family factors and extra-curricular tutoring on Chinese students’
cognitive ability and non-cognitive ability. Based on the method of Ordinary
Least Square (OLS) and Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we find that family
socioeconomic status (SES) has a significant positive impact on both cognitive
and non-cognitive ability. At the same time, family relationships significantly
boost students’ non-cognitive ability. As for shadow education, we concluded that academic
tutoring has a positive effect on students’ cognitive ability, but it has no
significant positive effect on non-cognitive ability, while the positive effect
of interest tutoring on non-cognitive ability is greater than the negative
influence effect on cognitive ability.