When the State is Built: Impacts of Hydropower Construction on Educational Attainment in China

• In Event: State Building and State Capacity in China

Brief Overview

Using panel data and birth cohort DID, this study examines the positive effect of central-led large hydropower projects on human capital accumulation, which can be explained by the increases of local educational expenditure and household investment.

Authors

• Yihan Chen, Peking University

• Renhao Ye, University of California, San Diego