LONG LIVE KEJU! THE PERSISTENT EFFECTS OF CHINA'S CIVIL EXAMINATION SYSTEM

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chen, Ting; Kung, James Kai-sing; Ma, Chicheng
• 署名单位: Hong Kong Baptist University; University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa043
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 2030-2064
• 关键词: economic-growth; origins; VIOLENCE; culture; IMPACT; time; AGE

摘要

China's civil examination system (keju), an incredibly long-lived institution, has a persistent impact on human capital outcomes today. Using the variation in the density of jinshi-the highest qualification-across 278 Chinese prefectures in the Ming-Qing period (c. 1368-1905) to proxy for this effect, we find that a doubling of jinshi per 10,000 population leads to an 8.5% increase in years of schooling in 2010. The persistent effect of keju can be attributed to a multitude of channels including cultural transmission, educational infrastructure, social capital and, to a lesser extent, political elites.