The intergenerational mobility effects of higher education expansion in China

IF 2.8 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Educational Development Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103169

Nan Zhang , Hongmin Fan

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Abstract

This study examines the possible effects of China's college expansion policy on intergenerational income mobility using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2018. The results show that,first, higher education expansion policy does not significantly improve intergenerational income mobility. Instead, higher education expansion policy may increase the intergenerational income correlations in cities, and areas with abundant resources for higher education opportunities.Meanwhile, higher education expansion policy may trigger the transmission of intergenerational poverty in rural areas, economically underdeveloped areas, and areas with less abundant resources or opportunities for higher education.Second, both elite higher education and postgraduate education significantly improve individuals' income rank and intergenerational income mobility, but family background still plays a strong role in influencing the income rank of children.Third, there is a Gatsby curve in China in which an increase in income inequality is associated with a decline in intergenerational income mobility.This paper argues for the importance of expanding higher education while highlighting the limitations of this policy.

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中国高等教育扩张的代际流动效应

本研究利用中国家庭面板研究（CFPS）2010-2018 年的数据，考察了中国高校扩招政策对代际收入流动的可能影响。研究结果表明：首先，高等教育扩招政策并没有显著改善代际收入流动性。相反，高等教育扩招政策可能会提高城市和高等教育机会资源丰富地区的代际收入相关性。同时，高等教育扩招政策可能会引发农村地区、经济欠发达地区和高等教育资源或机会较少地区的代际贫困传递。第二，精英高等教育和研究生教育都能显著提高个人的收入等级和代际收入流动性，但家庭背景对子女的收入等级仍有很大影响。第三，中国存在一条盖茨比曲线，即收入不平等的加剧与代际收入流动性的下降相关联。

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International Journal of Educational Development EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

12.00%

发文量

106

审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： The purpose of the International Journal of Educational Development is to foster critical debate about the role that education plays in development. IJED seeks both to develop new theoretical insights into the education-development relationship and new understandings of the extent and nature of educational change in diverse settings. It stresses the importance of understanding the interplay of local, national, regional and global contexts and dynamics in shaping education and development. Orthodox notions of development as being about growth, industrialisation or poverty reduction are increasingly questioned. There are competing accounts that stress the human dimensions of development.