Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choice
利用中国高中课程改革的分阶段推行，研究发现强调政治教育的课程使学生入党概率提高14%，获得国有部门工作的概率提高15%，揭示了意识形态教育对学生政治立场和职业路径的塑造作用。
Abstract We examine the causal impact of ideological education on students' political participation and career choices by exploiting China's staggered rollout of a high school curriculum reform that emphasized political indoctrination. Using nationally representative survey data on college students that the authors collected, we find that exposure to the new curriculum increases the likelihood of joining the Chinese Communist Party by 14% and raises the probability of securing state-sector jobs after graduation by 15%. These results highlight the powerful role of ideological education in shaping students' political alignments and career trajectories.