This article describes the Chinese policy of emphasizing investment in physical rather than human capital. It gives illiteracy figures for individual provinces.
I always thought that education was a key component for development in South Korea and Taiwan. When did illiteracy start to become common in China? Was there much elitism in education prior to 1980? Did a bright peasant child have access to good education?
China's reversion to capitalism seems to be more of a revolution than the original Chinese revolution.
China's human capital investment
James J. HECKMAN
China Economic Review
Volume 16, Issue 1 , 2005, Pages 50-7
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W46-4F1GRM5-1/2/48736365d8af2ed02da254addd1c4429
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Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
