【时间】10月28日（周四）下午1:00-2:30

【地点】文二栋五楼会议室

【题目】题目：The Long-run Economic Consequences of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design 

（中文：消除贫困对我国劳动力市场的长期影响：基于断点回归的实证研究））

【主讲人】吴明琴教授

【主持人】向地灵博士

【主讲人简介】吴明琴，新葡萄8883官网AMG教授。研究方向集中在发展经济学、区域经济学和环境经济学。文章见于Journal of Development Economics，Journal of Environmental Economics and Management，经济研究等国际国内权威期刊，主持国家自然科学基金和广东省软科学等项目。

【摘要】This paper investigates the long-run economic consequences on individuals' education and labor market performance of a national large-scale poverty alleviation program in China. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find a strong positive causal relationship between poverty alleviation and education achievement, especially for primary education; meanwhile, there is a negative causal relationship between poverty alleviation and higher education due to increased opportunity cost. Labor market performance, in particular, labor participation, migration and occupation quality, are improved by the poverty alleviation program. Finally, we find strong heterogeneous effects across gender, and the education and labor market performance of females are reinforced to a larger extent by the poverty alleviation program.