The authors thank the editor, William Cong, and two anonymous referees for helpful comments and suggestions. The authors thank Ying Bai for sharing the data on civil examination quotas and helpful comments and suggestions on an early draft of this paper. The authors also thank Ellen McGill, Nan Li, Ziyi Li, Luyuan Guan, Jiongyi Xue, and Wanda Wang for research assistance.
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