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dc.contributor.authorLi, Hongbinen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Pak Waien
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Junsenen
dc.contributor.authorMa, Ningen
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-16-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:56:30Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:56:30Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34131-
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x2118en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.jelP26en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtwinsen
dc.subject.keywordcommunist party membershipen
dc.subject.keywordChinaen
dc.subject.stwPolitische Parteien
dc.subject.stwMitgliedschaften
dc.subject.stwEinkommenen
dc.subject.stwFamilieen
dc.subject.stwChinaen
dc.titleEconomic returns to Communist Party membership: evidence from urban Chinese twins-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn511610904en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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