【主讲】Chen Ting (Princeton)
【主题】制度、文化与长期人力资本积累：科举制度的历史遗产
【时间】2016年12月21日 (周三) 15：30-17：00
【地点】上海财经大学经济学院楼801室
【语言】英文
【摘要】The effect of keju—China’s imperial examination system (607-1905)—on human capital outcomes persists to this day. Using the variation in the density of jinshi—the highest qualification—across 248 Chinese prefectures to proxy for the keju effect, and river distance to a prefecture’s nearest printing center as instrument, we find that a 1% increase in jinshi density increases years of schooling by 6.6%. After controlling for the effects of human capital of both ancestors and parents, the Chinese culture of valuing education—bred likely by the exceptional social status of the jinshi—represents the other channel in accounting for the observed persistence. A quasi-experiment of college students from all over China studying in Beijing further reveals that the jinshi density in their hometowns bears significantly upon their cognitive and non-cognitive performance. Finally, cultural transmission is aided by clans and weakened by the Cultural Revolution.
