题目：The Long-Run Effects of Poverty Alleviation Resettlement on Children Development

报告人：张吉鹏   副教授  西南财经大学经济与管理研究院

主持人：金樟峰  博士后  浙江大学经济学院

时间：2019年11月29日   星期五    12:00-13:30

地点：浙江大学玉泉校区经济学院418室  

Abstract:

We investigate the long-run effects of a poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) experiment launched in 1994 on the development of children at the time of resettlement. The PAR project is a government-sponsored voluntary resettlement aimed to alleviate poverty and provide better opportunities for children in poor villages. Overall, the results of the PAR experiment are not positive, for which we provide some possible explanations. First, people in the treated group are simply resettled to a designated area. A “one to many” relocation with multiple choices might be better. Second, the PAR program might have short-term benefits for immediately improve people’s living condition but the long-term impact could be negative because of constrained choice of employment and location-specific skill accumulation that later can become less beneficial. Third, there might be heterogenous impact not only across gender, but also along other dimensions that need to be taken into consideration in research and policy making.

Introduction:

张吉鹏，复旦大学经济学学士与硕士，匹兹堡大学经济学博士。2011年到2014年任新加坡南洋理工大学经济学助理教授， 2015年至今任西南财经大学经济与管理研究院副教授。主要研究领域为公共经济学、区域与城市发展、实证产业组织。

CRPE秘书处
2019-11-24