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Article: Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Civil Examination System

TitleLong Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Civil Examination System
Authors
Chen, TKung, JKSMa, C
KeywordsN15 - Asia including Middle East
O43 - Institutions and Growth
Z10 - General
Issue Date2020
PublisherWiley for Royal Economic Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0297
Citation
The Economic Journal, 2020, Epub 2020-04-14 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa043
AbstractChina'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.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/282480
ISSN
0013-0133
2023 Impact Factor: 3.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 4.507
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000593203100006

 

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dc.contributor.authorChen, T-
dc.contributor.authorKung, JKS-
dc.contributor.authorMa, C-
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-15T05:28:40Z-
dc.date.available2020-05-15T05:28:40Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationThe Economic Journal, 2020, Epub 2020-04-14-
dc.identifier.issn0013-0133-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/282480-
dc.description.abstractChina'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.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley for Royal Economic Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0297-
dc.relation.ispartofThe Economic Journal-
dc.rightsPreprint This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article]. Authors are not required to remove preprints posted prior to acceptance of the submitted version. Postprint This is the accepted version of the following article: [full citation], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article].-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectN15 - Asia including Middle East-
dc.subjectO43 - Institutions and Growth-
dc.subjectZ10 - General-
dc.titleLong Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China's Civil Examination System-
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dc.identifier.emailKung, JKS: jkskung@hku.hk-
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
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