Please find this working paper on SSRN. For more information on the CCAS dataset, please visit the Worldwide CCAS Project - China.

Additional Graphs

Below is an interactive graph of the age of each city’s high school CCAS in 2020.

The biggest cities in China, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and the south-east coastal cities were pioneers in implementing a CCAS for high school admissions.

This map shows the establishment years of high school CCAS for all examined cities:

High School CCAS Establishment Year