Economic returns to Communist Party membership
Subtitle: evidence from urban Chinese twins
By: by Hongbin Li  ... [et al.].
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2118; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2118
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Membership; Twins; Zhongguo gong chan dang
Description: "This paper estimates the returns to membership of the Chinese Communist Party using unique twins data we collected from China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes zero. One interpretation of these results is that the OLS Party premium is due to omitted ability and family background. This interpretation would suggest that Party members fare well not because of their special political status per se, but because of the superior ability that made them Party members. The estimates are also consistent with an alternative interpretation that Party membership not only has its own effect but also has an external effect on the sibling"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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