It is believed that jobs in the service sector generally require more brain-related rather than labor-related skills compared to those in the industrial sector, thus females should have a comparative advantage in the service sector. Using the data from the 2017 China Household Finance Survey, we...

Between 1966 and 1976, China experienced a Cultural Revolution (CR). During this period, the education of around 17 birth cohorts was interrupted by between 1 and 8 years. In this paper we examine whether, and by how much, this large-scale schooling interruption affected their children's...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made massive investments since the late 1990s in highway infrastructure, connecting its rural and urban regions. In this paper, we study the impact of highway investments on the educational choices in rural PRC. Because enhanced connectivity facilitates...