Title: Who Benefits Most from Education? Evidence from China
Abstract: I examine heterogeneous returns to post-compulsory education attainment (high school degree or above) in China by exploiting the variation in the educational attainment caused by a reform that introduces compulsory education with different implementation dates across provinces. Using data from China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), I find that individuals who are less likely to have post-compulsory education have higher returns to education. This finding contradicts the common conclusion on post-compulsory education that individuals select them into education based on gains. One explanation for this pattern is that children who are less likely to be enrolled in the education system have more disadvantaged backgrounds and lower wages without educational attainment. Education acts as an equalizer that leads to more homogeneous wages, resulting in larger returns for children who are less likely to be reached by post-compulsory education.
About Speaker: 谢明佳,辽宁大学李安民经济研究院助理教授,荷兰蒂尔堡大学经济学博士。研究方向为健康经济学与教育经济学,研究内容包括心理健康的影响因素、生育决策、教育收益率的异质性。
时间:12月1日 12:15-13:30 pm
地点:线上腾讯会议 956 902 733