Recently, the co-authored paper Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choice by Assistant Professor Luo Sai of the Department of Labor Economics at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, was accepted for publication in Review of Economics and Statistics, an international Class I economics journal.
01 Abstract
We examine the causal impact of ideological education on students' political participation and career choices by exploiting China's staggered rollout of a high school curriculum reform that emphasized political indoctrination. Using nationally representative survey data on college students that the authors collected, we find that exposure to the new curriculum increases the likelihood of joining the Chinese Communist Party by 14% and raises the probability of securing state-sector jobs after graduation by 15%. These results highlight the powerful role of ideological education in shaping students' political alignments and career trajectories.
02 Author Biography
Luo Sai is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His main research areas are labor economics and development economics. His research papers have been published in journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics. He is the principal investigator of a Youth Program project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
