The Mediation of Exam-oriented Cultural Capital: Economic Capital and Educational Inequality of Chinese High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic and School Closures

Shuheng Yu, Liu Hong and Gaoming Ma ()
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Shuheng Yu: Zhejiang University
Liu Hong: Fudan University
Gaoming Ma: Zhejiang University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, vol. 18, issue 3, No 3, 1189-1204

Abstract: Abstract While children and adolescents’ education has been significantly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures, how they are impacted remains unknown. Based on Bourdieu’s theory, this paper aims to examine whether cultural capital mediates the association between economic capital and academic achievement during the crisis. Using a longitudinal dataset from the Chinese high school and the moderated mediation model, the result showed that economic capital had a total effect on academic achievement, especially on the students’ academic ranks. Meanwhile, economic-related inequality in education seemed to be mediated by cultural capital. Interestingly, the finding further indicated that the indirect effect was mainly attributable to exam-oriented cultural capital, compared with quality-based cultural capital. we discussed the theoretical contributions and policy implications in the end.

Keywords: Economic capital; Academic achievement; Exam-oriented cultural capital; Quality-oriented cultural capital; Moderated mediation; School closure; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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