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040			_aMaCbNBER _beng _cMaCbNBER
100	1		_aBai, Ying.
245	1	0	_aIdeas Mobilize People: _bThe Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China / _cYing Bai, Ruixue Jia, Runnan Wang.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2023.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w30947
500			_aFebruary 2023.
520	3		_aCan ideas mobilize people into collective action? We provide a positive answer to this question by studying how exposure to the Communist ideology shaped an individual's choice to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the party's formative stage. The individuals we focus on are cadets at the Whampoa Military Academy, who subsequently fought in 20th-century China's most important wars. Our identification strategy exploits the locality-time-content variation in the circulation of the New Youth magazine--the major platform to promote Communism after the Treaty of Versailles in 1919--as well as the variation in an individual's location over time. By comparing the Whampoa cadets living in a locality with post-1919 New Youth available against those who had lived in the same locality but missed this channel, we demonstrate that the former were significantly more likely to join the CCP. In future political struggles, those whose party choice was more influenced by this ideology channel were less likely to quit the CCP and more likely to sacrifice their lives. Additionally, we document that family background cannot predict the party choice of these political pioneers but social networks can complement ideology exposure.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aGeneral _2jelc
650		7	_aGeneral _2jelc
084			_aD70 _2jelc
690		7	_aSocial Choice • Clubs • Committees • Associations _2jelc
650		7	_aSocial Choice • Clubs • Committees • Associations _2jelc
084			_aD71 _2jelc
690		7	_aSearch • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness _2jelc
650		7	_aSearch • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness _2jelc
084			_aD83 _2jelc
690		7	_aAsia including Middle East _2jelc
650		7	_aAsia including Middle East _2jelc
084			_aN45 _2jelc
690		7	_aMicroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development _2jelc
650		7	_aMicroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development _2jelc
084			_aO12 _2jelc
690		7	_aGeneral _2jelc
650		7	_aGeneral _2jelc
084			_aP30 _2jelc
700	1		_aJia, Ruixue.
700	1		_aWang, Runnan.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w30947.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w30947
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30947
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