【主题】Can Parental Absence Be Made Up? The Effects of Multifaceted School Intervention on Left-behind Children
【报告人】吴贾（教授，山东大学商学院）
【时间】2023年11月17日周五10:00-11:30
【地点】高等研究院楼232会议室
【语言】英文
【摘要】We evaluate the impact of randomized intervention targeting cognitive and non-cognitive skills for left-behind children in China. We compare left-behind children who are randomized into either a group with regular video-calling with parents, after-school tutoring group, or a control group. We find that after-school tutoring intervention leads to a 0.2 standard deviation increase in mathematics scores for left-behind children. Video-calling intervention significantly improves children’s Big-Five personality traits. The positive effects of video calling persist for nearly three years after the intervention. We demonstrate that after-school tutoring intervention promotes communication between left-behind children and teachers. Video-calling intervention encourages left-behind children to interact more with their classmates and form friendships. Additionally, this intervention also helps alleviate their feelings of missing their parents. Our results highlight the importance of considering a school perspective when designing programs to compensate for the human capital loss for children with absent parents.
【报告人简介】吴贾，男，山东大学教授、博士生导师、山东大学文科优青、山东省高层次人才。主要研究方向为劳动经济学和人力资本积累。代表性成果包括以第一作者在American Economic Journal: Economic Policy、Journal of Population Economics、Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization、《经济研究》、《经济学》（季刊）、《世界经济》、《金融研究》期刊发表论文约40篇。获得国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目资助。担任潘苏通沪港经济政策研究中心（香港）兼职研究员、香港中文大学兼职研究员。曾于2019年获暨南大学杰青，2021年获山东大学齐鲁青年学者。
