主题：Curriculum and selection into the bureaucracy

主讲：邓子琛 助理教授

会议时间：2024年10月15日 13:30-15:00

会议地点：半岛·体育bob官方网站714会议室

内容简介：State capacity is a crucial driver of public service delivery and economic development. A growing body of literature examines the factors influencing selection into the bureaucracy, emphasizing the importance of pro-social motivation and the tension between intrinsic and extrinsic incentives. However, much of this evidence focuses on observable traits, which are often confounded with unobserved characteristics. This paper investigates the staggered implementation of a new high school curriculum in China, designed to influence students' preferences and knowledge. Using the recently developed extended two-way fixed effects framework, we identify several key findings: (1) post-reform students exhibit stronger ideological alignment with the state; (2) there is no significant effect on educational decisions; (3) interest in government employment has increased, leading to shifts in the composition of the workforce between the public and private sectors; and (4) the quality and characteristics of public servants have improved.

个人简介：邓子琛，阿姆斯特丹大学半岛·体育bob官方网站助理教授，挪威半岛·体育bob官方网站FAIR研究中心的兼职副教授。他的研究领域包括环境经济学、健康经济学和发展经济学。他的最新工作聚焦于环境政策的效率和长期影响，在 AEJ，JAE等期刊上发表论文数篇。