Returns to military service in off-farm wage employment: Evidence from rural China

被引：10

作者：

Hou, Benyufang ^{[1
]}

Liu, Hong ^{[1
]}

Wang, Sophie Xuefei ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, China Econ & Management Acad, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, China Ctr Human Capital & Lab Market Res, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2020年 / 59卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Military service; Earnings; Off-farm employment; Instrumental variables; China; WORLD-WAR-II; ECONOMIC RETURNS; URBAN CHINA; EDUCATION; VETERANS; IMPACT; DRAFT; EARNINGS; MODELS; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101361

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper studies the returns to military service in off-farm wage employment and the implications of military service on the rural-urban transition in rural China. We exploit government-induced variations in aggregate enrollment rates as our instrumental variable. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, we find a substantial positive effect of military service on off-farm wage employment and earnings for men of rural origin, which is comparable in magnitude to the estimated returns to a college education in China. We also provide evidence that the earnings premium is likely to be explained by improved access to urban formal employment, political and human capital accumulation. However, in spite of the off-farm employment gain for all cohorts, we find that the positive earnings premium of military service is mainly concentrated among the pre-1970 cohort.

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