【题  目】Pandemics and Intergenerational Mobility of Education: Evidence from the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Epidemic in China

【时  间】2020年11月18日（星期三），14:00-15:30

【地  点】北京师范大学后主楼1610

【主讲人】薛森 助理教授 （暨南大学经济与社会研究院）

摘要

This paper examines the impact of the SARS epidemic on the intergenerational mobility in China. Using a triple difference-in-differences framework, the SARS epidemic is found to significantly increase the intergenerational transmission of education. Our results suggest that a one percent increase in the SARS case number lead to the maternal intergeneration transmission parameter to be increased by 8.7 percent. The effect of the SARS epidemic is stronger for admission to 3-year college programs and concentrates mainly on female students and urban students. These results convey the warning message that pandemics may reduce intergenerational mobility of education.

报告人简介

薛森，暨南大学经济与社会研究院助理教授，2015年于澳大利亚国立大学获得经济学博士学位。薛森老师从事劳动经济学、发展经济学领域的研究，曾在Journal of Comparative Economics、Journal of Population Economics、Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization等国际权威期刊发表多篇学术论文。