The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China

John Giles, Albert Park and Meiyan Wang

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, vol. 68, issue 1, 131 - 164

Abstract: This paper provides new evidence on educational disruptions caused by the Cultural Revolution and identifies the returns to schooling in urban China by exploiting individual-level variation in the effects of citywide disruptions. The return to college is estimated at 49.8% using a conventional Mincer-type specification and averages 37.1% using supply shocks as instruments and controlling for ability and school quality, suggesting that high-ability students select into higher education. Additional tests show that the results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection bias associated with migration or alternative pathways through which the Cultural Revolution influenced adult productivity.

Date: 2019
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Working Paper: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China (2015)
Working Paper: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China (2015)
Working Paper: The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China (2008)
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