Family background and intergenerational mobility in a transition economy: Evidence from China

IF 2.9 3区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Weibo Yan , Sihan Gao
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Abstract

This paper develops a parsimonious model of incomplete credit and job markets in which family background helps children invest in education and land jobs. As some competent children lacking in social connections are shut out of good jobs, both their incentives and accessibility in investing in education reduce. The transition process to value more on education rather than family background is associated with higher relative mobility, upward mobility, and mobility expectations. To promote intergenerational mobility in developing countries, the reformation of the job market may be another key area besides providing more education opportunities for deprived children. Some evidence from China supports the theoretical model.

转型经济中的家庭背景与代际流动:来自中国的证据
本文建立了一个不完全信贷和就业市场的解析模型,在该模型中,家庭背景有助于儿童投资教育和找到工作。由于一些缺乏社会关系的有能力的儿童被好工作拒之门外,他们投资教育的动机和机会都会减少。重视教育而非家庭背景的转变过程与更高的相对流动性、向上流动性和流动预期相关。要促进发展中国家的代际流动,除了为贫困儿童提供更多的教育机会外,就业市场的改革可能是另一个关键领域。中国的一些证据支持这一理论模型。
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4.70
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90
期刊介绍: The Journal of Asian Economics provides a forum for publication of increasingly growing research in Asian economic studies and a unique forum for continental Asian economic studies with focus on (i) special studies in adaptive innovation paradigms in Asian economic regimes, (ii) studies relative to unique dimensions of Asian economic development paradigm, as they are investigated by researchers, (iii) comparative studies of development paradigms in other developing continents, Latin America and Africa, (iv) the emerging new pattern of comparative advantages between Asian countries and the United States and North America.
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