Open AccessTrends in social mobility in postrevolution China
Author(s) -
Yu Xie,
Hao Dong,
Xiang Zhou,
Xi Song
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.2117471119
Subject(s) - social mobility , china , occupational mobility , disadvantaged , industrialisation , demographic economics , general social survey , geography , demography , economic growth , political science , economics , sociology , social science , archaeology , law
Significance Accompanying a sharp rise in economic inequality in China since its economic reform, two countercurrents characterize the trends in China’s intergenerational social mobility. On the one hand, industrialization in postreform China has promoted occupational mobility. On the other hand, both occupational mobility net of industrialization and educational mobility in China have trended downward, reaching levels similar to those in the United States in the most recent cohort. In earlier cohorts, whereas social mobility for Chinese men was unusually high, social mobility was particularly limited for Chinese women from ruralhukou origin.