The Intergenerational Effect of the Chinese Cultural Revolution on Education
| 主讲人 |
Guochang Zhao |
简介 |
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<div>Abstract:</div>
<div>This paper aims to examine the causal effec of parental education on children's education. Parents and their children share many common characteristics which are often unobserved --- this causes the omitted-variable bias. To eliminate this bias, we use school interruption during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (CR) as an instrument. The Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) significantly interrupted one generation's education, but has had no direct effect on the next generation. The empirical results suggest that in urban China, a one year decrease in parent's schooling because of school interruption during the CR leads to a 0.27-0.38 year decrease in the child's schooling; if a parent did not obtain a university degree because of school interruption during the CR, the child is 35-53 percent less likely to obtain a university degree. The results also suggest that maternal education may have a greater influence on children's education than paternal education. Overall, for the particular group whose education was changed by the CR, this paper confirms a significant and sizable causal effect on their children's education.</div>
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| 时间 |
2014-12-18(星期四)16:30-18:00 |
地点 |
N303 经济楼/Economics Building |
| 讲座语言 |
English |
主办单位 |
WISE-SOE |
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类型 |
系列讲座 |
| 联系人信息 |
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主持人 |
Luhang Wang |
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| 主讲人简介 |
<div> Research Institute of Economics and Management</div>
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<div>Southwestern University of Finance and Economics</div>
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<div><a href="/EventsMgr/Upload/File/2014/12/20141211101555726.pdf">Prof. Guochang Zhao' CV</a> </div>
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期数 |
“WISE-SOE”2014秋季学期“高级经济学系列讲座”第十六讲（总第337讲）--应用微观领域 |
