Speaker: Yi LU, Associate professor, National University of Singapore
Host: Pinghan LIANG, Professor, RIEM
Time: 14:30-16:00, Mar.7, Friday
Venue: H513 Yide Hall, Liulin Campus
Abstract:
Does a difficult environment in early life shape people’s core beliefs and values? We examine the long-term impact of the send-down movement during China’s Cultural Revolution, when urban educated youths were forced out of cities to work and live in undesirable rural areas. The mandatory policy applied to urban youth who graduated from junior or senior high school between 1966 and 1976. We identify the send-down effect by regression discontinuity, comparing individuals who graduated just before and just after the implementation of the policy. Using individual-level survey data, we find that rusticated individuals value family and relationships more highly, are less likely to believe in luck as the most important factor for success, and support social equality more strongly.
About the speaker:
Yi LU is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Economics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong in 2007 and then served there for three years before he joined the NUS in 2010. His research interests include international economics, Chinese economy, development economics, and organizational structure and strategy. He has a number of publications in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
