Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1718522

Influences of the Cultural Revolution on the education and wages of today’s Chinese laborers

Li-Chen Chou orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-9518
Wan-Hao Zhang
Zixuan Hu

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.

Keywords

Cultural Revolution; laborers; education; wage

Hrčak ID:

254396

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/254396

Publication date:

9.2.2021.

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