City Administrative Level and Tertiary Educational Opportunities: Evidence From China’s Higher Education Expansion Policy

Yueyan Dong, Nannan Yu, Tao Hong and Jinxing Yue

SAGE Open, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, 21582440221089931

Abstract: In 1999, the Chinese government implemented a higher education enrollment expansion policy to improve education equality. Now, its positive impact on educational equality is contested. This study attempts to identify the link between city administrative level and tertiary attainment in the context of the policy. Our empirical findings indicate that after implementation of the policy, inequality increased. Students from political and economic centers had more opportunities for tertiary education attainment. This policy has a greater impact on disparities in access to undergraduate education for individuals living in different administrative hierarchies than it does on specialist education.

Keywords: higher education expansion; city administrative level; educational opportunity; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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