辽宁大学经济学前沿高端讲座第八十八讲 Seeds of Creativity: Exposure to Scientific Fictions and Occupational Choices

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2025-10-18 15:46:03

时间：

2025-06-06 10:00:00

地点：

辽宁大学崇山校区五洲园一楼会议室

报告人：

梁平汉 教授

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关键词：

scientific fiction, creativity, occupational choice, human capital, risk preference, openness

简介：

This paper explores the role of scientific fictions (Sci-Fi) in fostering curiosity and creativity, which are key to technological advancement. We exploit the short-term prosperity of Sci-Fi in China in early 1980s. Our cohort DID design leverages the variation in locality and time of the circulation of Sci-Fi magazines. We show that for the individuals who exposed to Sci-Fi between age 12 and 22, the probability to become professional technicians are significantly higher, and their job task is more research-oriented. We provide evidence that the exposure to Sci-Fi magazines increases openness, encourages tolerance to differences, reduces religiosity, and raises risk preferences. Our findings highlight how individual exposure to new ideas in impressionable ages could have long-term impact on occupational choice and human capital formation.

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