Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children of China

Naci H. Mocan, Han Yu

NBER Working Paper No. 23709
Issued in August 2017, Revised in May 2019

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We thank Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn, Leyla Mocan, Hanming Fang, Uta Schoenberg, Jeanet Bentzen, Anastasia Litina and Andreas Irmen for helpful suggestions. Seminar participants of the Study of the Religion, Economics and Culture Workshop at Chapman University, Southern Economic Association Conference in Washington D.C., and the 2018 ASREC Europe Conference in Luxembourg City provided useful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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