cam a22 2 4500 357889037 CHVBK 20200107115711.0 cr ||||||||||| 160307s2016 xxu||||||---- 00 |eng-d (OCoLC)944080658 (IDSSG)000855718 SzZuIDS HSG ger rda Serrato Juan Carlos Suárez Verfasser aut The One Child Policy and Promotion of Mayors in China Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Xiao Yu Wang, Shuang Zhang Cambridge, MA National Bureau of Economic Research 2016 1 Online-Ressource Text txt rdacontent/ger Computermedien c rdamedia/ger Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier/ger NBER working paper series 21963 21963 (IDSSG)000043070 523018967 We study the implementation of the One Child Policy to test whether the promotions of mayors were meritocratic. We model the incentive design of provincial governments that evaluate mayors using self-reported performance. We relate the desire to maximize output while promoting high-ability mayors to equilibrium incentives, and derive testable predictions. Our empirical comparative statics are consistent with meritocracy. We then evaluate the screening efficacy and test for misreporting using retrospective birth rates. We find that, while promotions were meritocratic, misreporting sapped the effectiveness of the meritocracy, contradicting the belief that meritocratic promotions enabled China's development despite lacking democratic accountability. Wang Xiao Yu Verfasser aut Zhang Shuang Verfasser aut http://www.nber.org/papers/w21963 Full text for the University of St. Gallen Metadata Rights Reserved ids I noalma ids I IDSSG 100 1- Serrato Juan Carlos Suárez Verfasser aut IDSSG 490 0- NBER working paper series 21963 21963 (IDSSG)000043070 523018967 IDSSG 700 1- Wang Xiao Yu Verfasser aut IDSSG 700 1- Zhang Shuang Verfasser aut IDSSG 856 -- http://www.nber.org/papers/w21963 Full text for the University of St. Gallen Metadata rights reserved idssg BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 IDSSG HSG HSG ONL HONL000855718