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Article: Picking Up the Losses: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Human Capital Reinvestment in Urban China
Title | Picking Up the Losses: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Human Capital Reinvestment in Urban China |
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Keywords | Education Returns to education Educational attainment |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jhc/current |
Citation | Journal of Human Capital, 2019, v. 13 n. 1, p. 56-94 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper uses the Cultural Revolution in China as a quasi-experiment to analyze the long-term impact of interrupted education during an economic transition with many opportunities that reward educational qualifications. We focus on the remedial human capital investment decisions taken by individuals whose education was interrupted by the Cultural Revolution. We find substantial increases in schooling levels among the adult cohorts as they invest in continuous education to compensate for their interrupted schooling and to take advantage of new opportunities afforded by the economic transition. The initial lower level of education caused by the institutional shock can be largely remedied. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/279007 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.757 |
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dc.contributor.author | Han, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Suen, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, J | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-21T02:17:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-21T02:17:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Human Capital, 2019, v. 13 n. 1, p. 56-94 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-8575 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/279007 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses the Cultural Revolution in China as a quasi-experiment to analyze the long-term impact of interrupted education during an economic transition with many opportunities that reward educational qualifications. We focus on the remedial human capital investment decisions taken by individuals whose education was interrupted by the Cultural Revolution. We find substantial increases in schooling levels among the adult cohorts as they invest in continuous education to compensate for their interrupted schooling and to take advantage of new opportunities afforded by the economic transition. The initial lower level of education caused by the institutional shock can be largely remedied. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jhc/current | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Human Capital | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Human Capital. Copyright © University of Chicago Press. | - |
dc.subject | Education | - |
dc.subject | Returns to education | - |
dc.subject | Educational attainment | - |
dc.title | Picking Up the Losses: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Human Capital Reinvestment in Urban China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Suen, W: hrneswc@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Suen, W=rp00066 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1086/701773 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85062238476 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 308069 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 13 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 56 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 94 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000459182300003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-8575 | - |