This study analyses intergenerational class mobility in China as a case study of a quantitative sociological approach … 2015 in China, the analysis focuses on absolute and relative mobility rates for men and women across four birth cohorts …

leads to gender divergence in relative mobility for the children of highly educated fathers. In urban China, and urban and …This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of … intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections …

concave or convex, and gender biasaffects both relative and absolute mobility. We test these predictions in India and China … the gender gap closes when the fathers are collegeeducated. In China, the CEF is convex for sons in urban areas, but … leads to gender divergence in relative mobility for the children of highly educated fathers. Inurban China, and urban and …

high school entrance exams, have worse mental and physical health, and remain poor as adults. Although China's hukou …) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million … rural areas adjacent to cities with more restrictive hukou policies are more likely to separate from children as new job …

outcomes (continuous outcomes such as potential earnings, or discrete ones such as education groups) and captures dynastic …. Results indicate that mobility in terms of education and potential earnings were markedly to the advantage of women. A large … part of the population was lifted out of illiteracy, possibly due to large-scale education and school construction reforms …

types of outcomes, such as (continuous) earnings or (discrete and ordinal) education levels, and captures dynastic … developing country. Results indicate that mobility in terms of education and potential earnings was markedly at the advantage of … women. The bulk of the population came out of illiteracy, possibly due to large-scale education reforms, but the relative …

We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family … uneducated fathers face lower relative and absolute mobility (rural and urban). We find gender equality in absolute mobility for …

The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the … their levels of development, the US and China report remarkably similar levels of socioeconomic mobility; a level that is …, socioeconomic mobility was relatively high in China. However, as it underwent a period of rapid economic growth, China …

construction and household-level toilet subsidy programs in rural People's Republic of China (PRC) on children's education, health … years after its implementation. Effects on education are larger for girls than for boys, and for toilet subsidy programs. On … find evidence that the toilet program had larger education effects if it was introduced after the water program. Exploiting …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …