华南经济论坛第255期:邹先强博士讲座
时间:2018年3月28日(周四)上午10:00-11:30
地点:云顶12300线路快速检测中心五楼会议室
题目: The One-Child Policy and Intergenerational Mobility
摘要:
This paper theoretically and empirically examines how fertility decline induced by the one-child policy has affected intergenerational mobility in China. I present a human capital investment model incorporating fertility and credit constraints, and show that fertility decline narrows the educational attainment gap between children from credit-constrained families and non-credit-constrained families, thus increasing intergenerational mobility. I then empirically test the model’s prediction using variation in the implementation intensity of the one-child policy across regions and cohorts addressing the endogeneity of the fertility decision. I confirm that lower fertility increases intergenerational mobility, and that the one-child policy played an under-appreciated role in changing intergenerational mobility in China.
主讲人介绍:
邹先强,香港科技大学商学院经济系博士,研究方向:劳动经济学,发展经济学,中国经济。具体研究兴趣包括:中国的代际流动,儿童成长和发展以及rent sharing。