主讲嘉宾：吴贾 教授

讲座时间：2024年12月6日19：00

讲座地点：重庆大学B区经济与工商管理学院105室 

嘉宾简介：

 中山大学岭南学院教授、博士生导师。主要研究方向为劳动经济学、儿童教育和人力资本积累。代表性成果包括以第一作者在American Economic Journal: Economic Policy、Journal of Population Economics、Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization、《经济研究》、《经济学》（季刊）、《世界经济》、《金融研究》期刊发表论文40篇。获得国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目资助。曾获山东省泰山学者青年专家、山东省高层次人才、山东省社会科学优秀成果奖二等奖。

讲座摘要：

This paper investigates the long-run effects of a mass killing of animal labor on human education. During China's agricultural collectivization movement, advanced cooperatives were instituted between 1955 and 1957, leading to a widespread slaughter of draft animals. We leverage census and survey data to demonstrate that people who were exposed to more draft animal deaths during their school ages have better educational attainment, lower dropout rates, and better jobs today. These effects also extend to second-generation individuals who have long years of schooling and secure better jobs. Our findings suggest that these effects are due to decreased returns on agricultural work. We also find that people shift their preferences toward human capital investment, which possibly contribute to long-term effects spanning across generations.