主讲人：张欣（北京师范大学）

题目：Fetal Pollution Exposure, Cognitive Ability, and Gender-specific Parental Investment

主持人：邢剑炜（北京大学国家发展研究院）

时间：2025年5月23日（周五）上午10:30-12:00

地点：承泽园333教室

摘要：

This paper examines the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on low-stakes test performance across a broad age range, with a focus on gender-specific parental responses to this negative shock. Using data from a nationally representative survey in China, we find that fetal PM2.5 exposure significantly reduces cognitive ability in women, particularly those with brothers. Gender-biased human capital investment by families tends to amplify the harmful effects for girls, while diminishing these effects for boys. Specifically, when exposed to the same level of fetal PM2.5, females receive less homework assistance from their families and attain lower levels of education.

主讲人介绍：

张欣，经济学博士，北京师范大学统计学院副教授，博士生导师。研究方向为环境经济学、健康经济学等。在Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 、Journal of Environmental Economics and Management、Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists、Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization、Journal of Population Economics、《经济学（季刊）》、《金融研究》等一流期刊发表过多篇论文。作为负责人曾先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目，中国博士后科学基金面上项目和特别资助项目等课题。担任国际期刊Economic Change and Restructuring联合主编（Co-Editor）。研究成果获第八届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）三等奖。