题目：Intergenerational Transmission of Education in China: Pattern, Mechanism, and Policies

时间：2016年11月9日 星期三 12:00 – 13:30

地点：明德主楼714

报告人：宋扬

摘要：This paper has three objectives. First, we present the mobility pattern for intergenerational education persistence. Second, we estimate the effect of parental education on children education by using instruments generated by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and further explore the mechanisms of this causal relationship. Third, this study aims to investigate the impact of two education reforms on intergenerational transmission of education, including the Compulsory Education Law and college expansion reform. Although mobility seems increasing for the newer generation, the lowest mobility is found in rural areas for the lowest-educated group. Fathers’ education has a significant impact on children education through the nurture effect, which is almost entirely driven by father’s income. Finally,we find that popularizing compulsory education did not have a expected effect on increasing mobility. Moreover, the college expansion policy indeed reduces the intergenerational education mobility in urban areas, but this effect is not found in rural areas.

报告人简介：宋扬，中国人民大学经济学院副教授，美国康奈尔大学经济学博士。研究领域主要包括劳动经济学、发展经济学，重点关注收入差距和贫困问题。在Health Economics、China Economic Review, 《管理世界》等国内外知名期刊发表过多篇学术论文。主持国家自然科学基金，教育部留学归国人员科研启动金项目，中国人民大学校内科研基金项目等多项纵向课题。联合编写《劳动经济学》教材1部，出版专著《中国收入分配格局的现状与改革措施——基于劳动力市场的理论和实证分析》1部，曾获中国人民大学优秀班主任、经济学院首届白玉兰优秀教学奖等奖项。