愚昧还是文明,哪一个离我们更近——中国人口素质逆淘汰的实证分析

Which One is Closer to Us,Unwisom or Civilization? ——An Empirical Analysis on the Adverse Selection of Population Quality in China

本文从城乡不同的生育率是造成人口素质逆淘汰的原因出发 ,采取定性分析和定量分析相结合的方法 ,指出静态社会中的确存在人口素质逆淘汰。但城镇化不仅控制了人口数量 ,而且提高了人口素质 ,因此 ,加大高等教育的投入和改善医疗卫生条件等提高我国人口素质的根本途径应和推进城镇化相结合 。

The fertility difference between urban and rural areas causes the adverse selection of population quality in China.Using both quantitative and qualita tive analyses,the author points out that the adverse selection of population quality really exists in a static society.However,not only does urbanization helps to control the population quantity,but also enhances the population quality.Therefore,The root measures to enhance the population quality such as increase input and improve medical conditions should be combined with urbanization.To do so, we can get twice the result with half the effort.