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Trends in social mobility in postrevolution China

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ID23345558
AuthorsY Xie (0000-0002-3240-8620, Peking University, corresponding author), Hao Dong (0000-0003-3068-2471, Peking University), Xiang Zhou (0000-0001-8634-7360, Harvard University), Xi Song (0000-0003-3463-045X, University of Pennsylvania)
Year2022
Volume119
Issue7
Publication date2022-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1073/pnas.2117471119
PMID35145032
OpenAlexW3214006390
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited18

Significance Accompanying a sharp rise in economic inequality in China since its economic reform, two countercurrents characterize the trends in China’s intergenerational social mobility. On the one hand, industrialization in postreform China has promoted occupational mobility. On the other hand, both occupational mobility net of industrialization and educational mobility in China have trended downward, reaching levels similar to those in the United States in the most recent cohort. In earlier cohorts, whereas social mobility for Chinese men was unusually high, social mobility was particularly limited for Chinese women from rural hukou origin.

Archaeology · China · Geography · Political science · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

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Unique citing works52
Citations per year17,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 51

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