講座主題：Window Dressing in the Public Sector: Evidence from China’s Compulsory Education Promotion Program

主講嘉賓：劉暢，中國人民大學國家發展與戰略研究院助理教授

講座時間：2022年11月9日10:00-12:00

講座地點：騰訊會議：352 281 244

嘉賓簡介：劉暢，中國人民大學國家發展與戰略研究院助理教授。研究領域為中國經濟、發展經濟學、政治經濟學。bevictor伟德官网财政學院經濟學學士、碩士，北京大學光華管理學院國民經濟學專業經濟學博士。曾在普林斯頓大學和香港中文大學（深圳）進行博士後研究。研究成果發表于Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Law, Economics & Organization、Journal of Comparative Economics、European Journal of Political Economy、《中國社會科學》、《經濟研究》、《世界經濟》、《經濟學季刊》和《金融研究》等中英文雜志。主持國家自然科學基金等科研項目。曾獲得洪銀興經濟學獎、當代經濟學博士創新項目、鄧子基财經學術論文獎、《金融研究》年度優秀論文等榮譽。

内容摘要：We analyzed the window-dressing behavior of China’s local governments throughout the 1990s, when they were required to fulfill compulsory education targets imposed by the central government. County officials faced severe negative career consequences if they failed to fulfill these targets. We found that county-level education expenditures increased dramatically as the pre-specified inspection period drew near, but decreased immediately after the inspection. This phenomenon was interpreted as evidence of the window-dressing behavior of county governments. Further analysis suggests that local officials with longer tenure and who were thus closer to promotion evaluations tended to engage in more aggressively window-dressing. Window-dressing behavior generates real consequences for school-age teenagers: those exposed to local governments’ window-dressing behavior recorded considerably lower junior high school graduation rates and poorer labor market outcomes later in life.