Social mobility in China: A case study of a quantitative sociological approach to social mobility research in the Global South

Yaojun Li

No wp-2020-4, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study analyses intergenerational class mobility in China as a case study of a quantitative sociological approach to social mobility research in the Global South. Drawing on national representative surveys collected between 2010 and 2015 in China, the analysis focuses on absolute and relative mobility rates for men and women across four birth cohorts. With regard to absolute mobility, we find rising levels of mobility, with upward mobility prevailing over downward mobility.

Keywords: Social mobility; Gender; Log-linear models; Symmetrical odds ratios; Hukou registration system; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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