This study empirically examines the impact of tariff reduction caused by trade liberalization on high school enrollment choice of the rural population in China in 1997–2005. We use the variation of export tariffs over time and the initial export structure across prefectures in China to...

We ask how export demand shocks associated with the Asian financial crisis affected Chinese exporters. We construct firm-specific exchange rate shocks based on the pre-crisis destinations of firms' exports. Because the shocks were unanticipated and large, they are a plausible instrument for...

We examine the impact of export shocks proxied by destination countries’ tariffs on the postmiddle school enrollment of the rural population in China. We complement the literature by examining across-region spillover effects of export shocks through initial migration networks. We find that the...