区域与城市经济学前沿讲座系列（Virtual Workshops on Topics in Regional and Urban Economics: China, Asia, and Beyond）由暨南大学经济与社会研究院与北京大学光华管理学院合作举办，旨在讨论目前城市经济学和房地产经济学领域出现的各种前沿研究和热门话题，为学术界带来更便捷的学术交流平台，为业界以及政府提供更科学的政策建议。讲座采用线上会议形式开展。

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题目：High-stakes Examinations and Educational Inequality: Evidence from Transitory Exposure to Air Pollution

主讲人： Rui Du, Oklahoma State University

时间：2021年3月18日，9:30 -11：00 （北京时间）

举办方式：线上讲座

主讲人简介：

Rui Du is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Oklahoma State University. Dr. Du’s research interests include urban and regional economics, applied microeconomics, economic geography, and the Chinese economy. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in urban economics, macroeconomics, and statistics. Dr. Du received a B.A. in mathematical economics and finance from Central University of Finance and Economics and holds a Ph.D. in economics from Clark University. Before joining Oklahoma State University in 2019, He was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Real Estate (CRE) and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Abstract:

Using a unique dataset of student performance in a major college English test in China, we study the impact of random disturbances to cognitive performance due to transitory variation in air pollution during high-stakes exams. Tracking the exam takers who took the exam multiple times, a panel model with individual fixed effects documents significant adverse cognitive effects of transitory air pollution exposure. The adverse effects vary substantially by severity of air pollution, exam section, student academic

ability, and gender. We further show that the harmful cognitive effects significantly reduce students’ chances of being admitted into graduate school. The result is robust to both an instrumental variable method and a discontinuity-based approach in light of the threshold score required to pass the exam. Importantly, a counter factual analysis based on our empirical estimates demonstrates that the effects are substantially larger for the marginal students who scored just above the threshold score. Taken together, our paper highlights the current educational inequality that arises from the use of a

minimum passing score in a high-stakes exam and air quality degradation.

报名方式

非经济与社会研究院的师生需报名参加本次线上讲座，请感兴趣的师生扫描下方二维码报名,报名截止时间为2021年3月17日12:00 （北京时间）。