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Climate Damages and Inequality Location: B128 Session Chair: Jannik Reinbold, Leipzig University | |
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The Climate of Inequality: Droughts, Labor Reallocation, and the Distribution of College Opportunity 1: Peking University, China; 2: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Climate change may widen inequality by reshaping access to opportunity. We study this mechanism in rural China, where agricultural shocks require immediate labor responses and upward mobility is mediated by high-stakes examination. Exploiting administrative records from China's National College Entrance Examination paired with granular meteorological data, we document that agricultural water stress during high stakes examination preparation significantly reduces the performance and college admission probability of rural students while leaving their urban peers unaffected. We identify the household labor reallocation channel as the primary mechanism, finding that shocks increase the time students spend at home and disproportionately impair scores in subjects requiring time intensive preparation. Beyond the buffering role of deep seated cultural traditions and credit access, our analysis reveals that the integration of rural areas into global manufacturing markets following the WTO accession served as the pivotal mechanism for decoupling educational opportunity from climatic risk. | |