中国高等教育学费与代际流动

IF 1.5 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Frontiers of Economics in China Pub Date : 2020-09-28 DOI:10.3868/S060-011-020-0016-1

Yuanyuan Chen, Quanlin Liu, Kun Wu

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摘要

本文研究了中国高等教育学费上涨对代际流动的影响。我们建立了父母对子女教育投资决策的理论模型，从借贷约束的角度来说明其影响。我们将1986年前后的中国大学学费和补贴改革视为一个准自然实验，利用2000年人口普查和中国家庭小组研究的数据来识别改革对代际教育流动的政策影响。我们发现，大学学费改革导致的教育负担增加降低了代际教育流动性，在学费增幅相对较高的地区更为明显。考虑到共同居住偏见、政府对基础教育的投资和高等教育的扩张，我们的结果是稳健的。

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Tuition Fees for Higher Education and Intergenerational Mobility in China

This paper studies the impact of an increase in higher education tuition on intergenerational mobility in China. We develop a theoretical model for the parental decision about the investment on education of children to illustrate the impact from the perspective of borrowing constraint. We consider the Chinese college tuition and subsidy reform around 1986 as a quasi-natural experiment for identifying the policy effect of the reform on intergenerational educational mobility by using the data from the census of 2000 and the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). We find that an increase in the education burden induced by the reform of college tuition has reduced intergenerational educational mobility, and it is more noticeable in regions with a relatively higher increment in the tuition fee. Our results are robust with consideration of the co-residence bias, government investment in elementary education, and the higher education expansion.

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Frontiers of Economics in China ECONOMICS-

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1.20

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373

期刊介绍： Frontiers of Economics in China seeks to provide a forum for a broad blend of peer-reviewed academic papers of economics in order to promote communication and exchanges between economists in China and abroad. It will reflect the enormous advances that are currently being made in China in the field of economy and society. In addition, this journal also bears the mission of introducing the academic achievements on Chinese economics research to the world.