Precise Poverty Alleviation and Intergenerational Mobility in China

List of contents

List of figures. List of tables. Preface. 1 Introduction. 2 Definition and Measurement of Intergenerational Mobility and Poverty Alleviation. 3 Can Education Break the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty? 4 Intergenerational Educational Mobility in China. 5 Does Family Background Widen Inequality in Intergenerational Educational Attainment? 6 Literature Review of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility. 7 Intergenerational Occupational Mobility and Changing Trends in China. 8 Does Education Promote Intergenerational. Occupational Mobility? 9 Literature Review of Intergenerational Income Mobility. 10 Intergenerational Income Mobility and Dynamic Trends in China. 11 The Impact of Education on Intergenerational Income Mobility. 12 The Internal Mechanisms of Intergenerational Mobility. 13 Major Findings and Discussion. Appendices. References. Index.

About the author

Chunjin Chen is the Associate Professor at Faculty of Education, East China Normal University. His research interests are the economics of education and sociology of education.

Summary

The widening of income and wealth inequality has become one of the most important obstacles on the road to China’s common prosperity. In the context of inequality reduction and anti-poverty strategy in China, this book investigates the complex relationship between education and intergenerational mobility in terms of occupation and income.

Product details

• Authors: Chunjin Chen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032421209
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242120-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; China, EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Urban, EDUCATION / Rural, Social Mobility, Poverty & unemployment, Moral and social purpose of education, Poverty and precarity, Moral & social purpose of education