Abstract

More than 40 years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, does it still affect today’s Chinese laborers? In this study, data from the 2012 Chinese General Social Survey are used to investigate the possible differences between the education and wage levels of the laborers of parents who have experienced the Cultural Revolution and others who have not. Empirical results show that the average education and wage levels of laborers whose parents have experienced the Cultural Revolution and attained at least primary education qualifications are significantly lower than other groups in the labor market. We believe that during the Cultural Revolution, the political and social climate lowered the public’s recognition of the value of education in society and reduced the incentive for human capital investment.

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Title
Influences of the Cultural Revolution on the education and wages of today’s Chinese laborers
Author
Li-Chen, Chou 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wan-Hao, Zhang 2 ; Hu, Zixuan 3 

1  Department of Applied Economics, Shantou University, Shantou, China 
2  School of Politics & Economics, King’s College London, London, UK 
3  Department of Social Department and Public Science, King’s College London, London, UK 
Pages
456-476
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
1331677X
e-ISSN
18489664
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1718522
ProQuest document ID
2504154324
Copyright
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