Cohort crowding in education and employment: Evidence from China's compulsory education law

被引:1
作者
Sun, Shengmin [1 ]
Chen, Jiawei [2 ]
Chen, Jiaying [3 ]
机构
[1] Renmin Univ China, Inst Chinas Econ Reform & Dev, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Renmin Univ China, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[3] Renmin Univ China, Sch Appl Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Cohort crowding; Educational attainment; Schooling quality; China's compulsory education law; CLASS SIZE; ATTAINMENT; EARNINGS; REFORM; IMPACT; YOUTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.jebo.2023.04.026
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This study investigates the effect of cohort crowding on educational attainment and la-bor market performance by employing discontinuities in schooling cohort size induced by China's Compulsory Education Law. Similar to other developing countries, basic education in China was severely under-funded when the educational reforms were initiated in the 1980s. We find a negative crowding effect on completed years of schooling. Heterogeneity analysis suggests that the crowding effect is more substantial in provinces with poor en-dowment and in rural areas. We also find suggestive evidence of a larger cohort size on employment rate among poorly-educated people.(c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:391 / 411
页数:21
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