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DOI10.3386/w23441
来源IDWorking Paper 23441
China's Lost Generation: Changes in Beliefs and their Intergenerational Transmission
Gerard Roland; David Y. Yang
发表日期2017-05-29
出版年2017
语种英语
摘要Beliefs about whether effort pays off govern some of the most fundamental choices individuals make. This paper uses China’s Cultural Revolution to understand how these beliefs can be affected, how they impact behavior, and how they are transmitted across generations. During the Cultural Revolution, China’s college admission system based on entrance exams was suspended for a decade until 1976, effectively depriving an entire generation of young people of the opportunity to access higher education (the “lost generation”). Using data from a nationally representative survey, we compare cohorts who graduated from high school just before and after the college entrance exam was resumed. We find that members of the “lost generation” who missed out on college because they were born just a year or two too early believe that effort pays off to a much lesser degree, even 40 years into their adulthood. However, they invested more in their children’s education, and transmitted less of their changed beliefs to the next generation, suggesting attempts to safeguard their children from sharing their misfortunes.
主题Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Development and Growth ; Country Studies ; Other ; Economic Systems ; Culture
URLhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w23441
来源智库National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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Gerard Roland,David Y. Yang. China's Lost Generation: Changes in Beliefs and their Intergenerational Transmission. 2017.
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