Human Capital and the Middle Income Trap: How Many of China's Youth are Going to High School?
Human Capital and the Middle Income Trap: How Many of China's Youth are Going to High School?
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DOI：
10.1111/deve.12165
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发表时间：
2018-06
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Lei Wang;Mengjie Li;C. Abbey;S. Rozelle
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作者：
Lei Wang;Mengjie Li;C. Abbey;S. Rozelle
本文的目的是评估中国人力资本的性质。为了实现我们的目标，我们既衡量了达到高中教育水平（高中）的劳动力比例，又考察了15-17岁正在上高中的劳动力的最新趋势。利用两组全国代表性数据，我们能够表明，虽然中国劳动力的人力资本仍然较低（30%），但2005年至2015年间，农村青年高中毕业比例急剧上升。教育——据统计，2015 年 15 至 17 岁的青少年中，有 87% 的人进入了高中，而 2005 年这一比例约为 50%。鉴于政府最近宣布到 2020 年普及高中，教育系统面临的挑战是提高农村以及职业教育和培训学生的入学率。
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.