Special Economic Zones and Human Capital Investment: 30 Years of Evidence from China

IF 5.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Economic Policy Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.1257/pol.20200492

Fangwen Lu, Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu

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Abstract

By exploiting the large quantity and rich variety of special economic zones (SEZs) in China, this study investigates how such zones affect human capital investment. Results show that SEZs significantly increase the local high school enrollment rate, but the impact varies across zone types: technology-oriented zones encourage education, while export-led zones discourage it. The increased job opportunities and wage premiums inside SEZs for employees with high school education increase high school enrollment, while such opportunities and wages for employees with middle school education decrease enrollment. A very small portion of the impact, if any, can be attributed to increased income. (JEL I21, I26, J24, J31, O15, P23, R32)

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经济特区与人力资本投资:来自中国的30年证据

本文利用中国经济特区数量多、种类多的特点，探讨了经济特区对人力资本投资的影响。结果表明，经济特区显著提高了当地高中入学率，但其影响因经济特区类型而异:技术型经济特区鼓励教育，而出口导向型经济特区则不利于教育。经济特区内高中学历员工的就业机会和工资溢价的增加增加了高中入学率，而初中学历员工的就业机会和工资增加则降低了入学率。如果有的话，影响的很小一部分可以归因于收入的增加。(j21, j26, j24, j31, j15, p23, r32)

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American Economic Journal-Economic Policy ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

8.20

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1.90%

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期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. The journal publishes 12 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.