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The social support returns to college education in China: Evidence from online medical crowdfunding

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  • Zheng, Xiaoting
  • Wu, Anqi
  • Wei, Xuejing

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Attaining a college education bestows advantages in the labor market, but it is undetermined whether a college education could also benefit those in need of assistance. Using a unique dataset from a large online medical crowdfunding platform based in China, this paper investigates the social support returns to college education. Our study finds that patients attaining college education would raise 88.1% more funds through medical crowdfunding. A variety of identification strategies suggest that the relationship is causal. By examining the potential mechanism, we conclude that college-educated patients have more detailed narratives and have more school-related social connections who are willing to verify and distribute the campaigns, attracting more supporters and ultimately raising more funds.

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  • Zheng, Xiaoting & Wu, Anqi & Wei, Xuejing, 2023. "The social support returns to college education in China: Evidence from online medical crowdfunding," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:chieco:v:79:y:2023:i:c:s1043951x23000639
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2023.101978
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