Expansion and Intergenerational Mobility of Education

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ID21489387
AuthorsChuliang Luo (0000-0001-8560-3641, Beijing Normal University), Luo Chuliang (Business School, Beijing Normal University), Liu Xiaoxia (Business School, Beijing Normal University)
Year2020
Volume41
Issue2
Pages50-64
Publication date2020-04-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences in China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0252-9203 • E-ISSN: 1940-5952
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02529203.2020.1766240
OpenAlexW3036804648
LanguageEN
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Using data from the 2013 Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP2013), we analyze intergenerational educationa1 mobility and the distribution of benefits among different groups in the course of educational expansion. Overall, educational expansion has raised educational mobility, reduced the possibility of downward intergenerational educational mobility, and increased the possibility of upward intergenerational mobility. However, the degree to which different types of households have benefited from the expansion of education is closely related to the urban-rural gap and the level of parenta1 education. The expansion of basic education has been more advantageous to the children of less-educated parents, whereas the expansion of higher education has mainly benefited the children of households with higher levels of parental education and to urban children. If, therefore, China is to promote the balanced development of educational modernization and build a nation that is an educational power, it needs to make active adjustments at the policy leve1

China · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Modernization theory · Political science · Rural area · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

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