2024-03-28T16:54:10
113682
Thu Mar 28 16:54:11 EDT 2024
Replication data for: Do College Graduates Serving as Village Officials Help Rural China?
Guojun He
Shaoda Wang
113682
https://doi.org/10.3886/E113682V1
This study estimates the effect of improved bureaucrat quality on poverty alleviation by exploring a unique human capital reallocation policy in China—the College Graduate Village Officials (CGVOs) program. We find that introducing CGVOs into the village governance system improves the targeting and implementation of the central government's social assistance programs. CGVOs help eligible poor households understand and apply for relevant subsidies, thus increasing the number of pro-poor program beneficiaries. Further analysis suggests that CGVOs change bureaucrat quality, rather than quantity, of village governance, and their presence reduces elite capture of pro-poor programs.
Difference in Differences
D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
H83 Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
P25 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
P26 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy; Property Rights
China
2000 – 2011
administrative records data
observational data
Ministry of Agriculture in China