School shutdown due to the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can lead to an increase in education inequality through disproportionately affecting disadvantaged children. We use data from a unique survey of 7,330 junior high school students and their parents from Shaanxi to...

School closure during the COVID-19 outbreak could cause disruptions to parents’ labor market decisions. We use data from a unique survey on 1,354 junior high school students and their parents from Shaanxi province, China, to address this question. We find that this temporary shock that...

Using data on over a million land transactions during 2004-2016 where local governments are the sole seller, we find that firms linked to members of China's supreme political elites — the Politburo — obtained a price discount ranging from 55.4% to 59.9% compared to those without the same...