【主题】Wealth Redistribution and Population Growth in China

【主讲人】谢斌  助理教授

【主持人】刘愿  教授

【时间】2024年6月13日（周四）14:00

【地点】301会议室

【摘要】China's land reform initiated since the late 1940s aimed to equitably redistribute land to peasants. Leveraging the gradual rollout and the varying intensity of the reform, we empirically examine the impact of wealth redistribution on fertility in rural China. Our county-level analysis reveals that, the reform led to a 4.5% increase in the annual number of new births on average, with a stronger impact observed in counties with a higher intensity of the reform. We further conduct the individual-level analysis to shed light on the mechanism driving the observed increase in fertility following wealth redistribution. The results reveal that the rise in fertility rate after the land reform was not limited to poor peasants; it also extended to middle peasants whose wealth remained relatively stable. This finding suggests that the fertility effect of wealth redistribution is not purely driven by changes in individual wealth but also by the perceived inequality level within the community.

【主讲人简介】谢斌，暨南大学经济与社会研究院助理教授，博士毕业于美国Rutgers University，主要研究领域为经济史，劳动经济学，发展经济学，成果发表于Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Southern Economic Journal 和《经济学（季刊）》，主持国家自然科学基金青年项目。

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