现代产业经济学系列讲座第202期

时间：2021年5月13日（周四）13:30-15:30

地点：复旦大学管理学院思源楼326室

题目：Chinese Aid and Local Employment in Africa

主讲人：郭士祺 上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院 助理教授

主持人：沈煌南复旦大学管理学院产业经济学系 助理教授

摘要：We study the impact of Chinese infrastructure aid projects on local employment in Africa. We use spatial and temporal variations in Chinese projects and different waves of household surveys in 10 African countries during the period 2000–14 to identify the change in individual employment after the arrival of Chinese projects, based on a difference-in-differences type of estimation. We find that the impact is mostly short-term during project constructions. Local employment is increased significantly by two to three percentage points mostly within the first two years after Chinese projects start. This effect diminishes after the third year. Chinese aid has created job opportunities for local residents both directly and indirectly through relevant sectors, as more employment is observed for manual labor, professional, technical, and managerial positions, and also in the service sector. More year-round and cash-earning jobs are created. The different types of infrastructures all increase short-term employment significantly, while the construction of schools, hospitals, and water and power facilities benefits local employment greatly also in the longer term. We address the potential confounds from other developmental resources in various ways.

主讲人简介：郭士祺，发展经济学博士，毕业于日内瓦国际关系与发展高等学院，现任上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院助理教授。研究领域：发展经济学，行为经济学和政治经济学。文章发表在American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics。