This paper studies the labor market consequences of elite education in China, examines the relative importance of elite education and parental background, and sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the impacts of elite education on labor market outcomes. We overcome challenges of data...

This paper provides evidence on the impact of political incentives on the environment using the case of China's pollution. Exploring variation in governors' connections with key officials in the center, I document that gaining connections increases pollution (measured by satellite and social...

While intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship is a well-known regularity, we hypothesize that in an economy where the state retains an important role, those whose parents are government workers may also be more likely to become business owners. We test the hypothesis in China and show...