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Higher education and family background: Which really matters to individual’s socioeconomic status development in China

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  • Xing, Yun
  • Hu, Yongmei
  • Zhou, Jian-Zhong

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The study finds that the higher education and parents’ occupations both have a significant impact to individual’s social economic development measured by ISEI (International Socioeconomic Index), but higher education’s impact is greater. In addition, from 1980s to 2000s, the impact of higher education has been diminishing as the access to higher education increased significantly. Data also shows that certain sectors, such as government employees, Chinese Communist Party members, city/urban households, had a clear advantage. To our surprise, gender and minority status had no statistical difference in ISEI. Several policies were recommended to break the social stratification in the near future.

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  • Xing, Yun & Hu, Yongmei & Zhou, Jian-Zhong, 2021. "Higher education and family background: Which really matters to individual’s socioeconomic status development in China," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:81:y:2021:i:c:s0738059320304934
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102334
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