Human Capital and the Middle Income Trap: How Many of China's Youth are Going to High School?

被引：39

作者：

Wang, Lei ^{[1
]}

Li, Mengjie ^{[1
]}

Abbey, Cody ^{[2
]}

Rozelle, Scott ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Int Business Sch, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

[2] Stanford Univ, Freeman Spogli Inst Int Studies, Encina Hall East,E407, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES | 2018年 / 56卷 / 02期

关键词：

Human capital; Labor force; High school; China; VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION; STUDENTS; DROPOUT; RATES; LABOR;

D O I：

10.1111/deve.12165

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学]; 020103 [经济史]; 030301 [社会学];

摘要：

The objective of this paper is to assess the nature of China's human capital. To achieve our objective, we both measure the share of the labor force that has attained upper secondary schooling levels (high school) as well as examine recent trends of 15-17 year olds who are attending high school. Using two sets of national representative data, we are able to show that, while the human capital of China's labor force is still low (30%), between 2005 and 2015 the share of rural youth who attended high school rose sharply. According to Ministry of Education-reported statistics, in 2015 87% of 15-17 year olds were attending high school, up from around 50% in 2005. Given the recent pronouncements of the government to make high school universal by 2020, the challenges for the education system are to increase the attendance of rural as well as vocational education and training students.

引用

页码：82 / 103

页数：22

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