華師經管學術講座第373期（經濟）
【題目】Migration Controls, Fiscal Externalities, and Access to Educational Opportunities in China
【時間】2021年6月17日（周四）13:00--14:30
【地點】騰訊會議149 738 945
【主講人】張吉鵬副教授（西南財經大學）
【主持人】劉愿教授
【主講人簡介】
張吉鵬，現任西南財經大學經濟與管理研究院副教授。博士畢業于美國匹茲堡大學經濟學專業。在加入西南財經大學之前，曾擔任新加坡南洋理工大學經濟學助理教授，他的研究領域包括公共經濟學、實證產業組織、行為與實驗經濟學。研究成果見諸于International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Southern Economic Journal, Pacific Economic Review, Economics Inquiry,《中國社會科學》，《經濟研究》，《經濟學（季刊）》等國內外知名期刊。
【摘要】
There have been large differences in economic development among regions and cities in China since the country embraced market-based reforms in the late 1970s. This in-equality in spatial development has caused large internal migration flows as households from rural areas have sought economic opportunities for themselves and their children in urban areas. We document that internal migrants, who did not obtain full residency rights, have not enjoyed the same access to local public goods and services as city residents. In particular, unequal access to educational opportunities implies that children of migrants have lower levels of human capital accumulation than children of residents. The internal migration controls, therefore, create barriers to mobility across the income and wealth distributions within China. We develop a spatial overlapping generations model with heterogeneous households to study the feasibility of alternative internal migration policies that offer the potential of decreasing the inequality within China while at the same time increasing the level of human capital accumulation in the economy. We show that these reforms are feasible, but require significant tax increases to offset the reduction of the positive fiscal externalities provided by migrants.