The only-child premium and moderation by social origin: Educational stratification in post-reform China

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

社会 Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1177/2057150X20934066

Haowen Zheng

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Abstract

The One Child Policy initiated in the late 1970s created a birth cohort with an unusually high proportion of only children. This paper examines the relationship between being the only child in the family and educational attainment, as well as its potential variations by social origin. Drawing my sample from the China Family Panel Studies, I compare two birth cohorts born before and after the birth-control policy. Results show that in the younger cohort, being the only child in the family produces a premium in educational outcomes, including years of completed schooling and odds of progressing through critical grade transitions. In addition, I observe a pattern that the only-child premium tends to be larger for people with higher social origins in competitive grade transitions.

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独生子女溢价与社会出身的调节——改革后中国的教育分层

20世纪70年代末开始实施的独生子女政策造成了独生子女比例异常高的出生队列。本文考察了独生子女与受教育程度之间的关系，以及受教育程度在社会出身方面的潜在差异。我从中国家庭小组研究中抽取样本，比较了计划生育政策前后出生的两个出生队列。结果显示，在较年轻的群体中，作为家中唯一的孩子在教育成果方面具有优势，包括完成学业的年数和通过关键年级过渡的几率。此外，我观察到一个模式，即在竞争性年级转换中，社会出身较高的人的独生子女溢价往往更大。

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1.70

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6799

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