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Preview of the 4th Xi Xian Academic Luncheon on Income Distribution and Public Finance
publish date:2021-10-05 publisher:Sheng Qian

Title of Lecture: Human Capital, Skill Complementary and Urban Development: Evidence from China's Higher Education

Time: 11:00-12:30, Thursday, 8 October 2021

Venue: Conference Room 119, Wenqin Building / Tencent Meeting ID: 911 893 118

Moderator: Dr. Wan Xin

Presenter: Dr. Wan Qian

Dr Wan Qian is a full-time researcher at IIDPF with research interests in income distribution, labour economics, health economics, and policy evaluation.

Abstract:

  This paper examines the effect of human capital on urban development in the context of China's higher education expansion (HEE). We employ a generalized DID approach and find that HEE significantly increase the urban population. If the potential demand of higher skilled workers of a city is greater before HEE. the urban population of this city would increase more after HEE. We also find that HEE promotes city economic growth. The mechanism analysis shows that HEE increase the number of high skilled workers in cities and the newly-add high skilled workers attract low skilled workers because of skill complementary.