Wu, Q, Liu, C and Zhang, HX orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-0949 (2017) Urban education differentiation and its socio-economic consequences: An internet–survey-based structural equations modeling analysis of new white collar workers in Nanjing, China. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 48. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0276-5624
Abstract
Increasing education differentiation and its social consequences, that is, the way in which urban education stratification has shaped the socio-economic outcomes, are an understudied area of research on China’s higher education and its relation with social stratification and social mobility. This article examines this relationship by focusing on a specific social group whom we term as “new white collar workers” (NWCWs) in China. Our research reveals a strong correlation between the individuals’ position in a stratified educational system on the one hand, and their professional development trajectory, income and social status differentiation on the other. The article argues that educational differentiation has considerably contributed to the varied pathways and profiles of the NWCWs with regard to career development, income levels and living conditions, and that in the market-reform era, young people’s education attainment and social advancement have become increasingly determined by their family background, especially parental wealth. The policy implications of the research are discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | education; social differentiation; social mobility; structural equations modeling; Nanjing; China |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2016 10:15 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2016.11.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.11.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108740 |