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| Human Capital of Family and Social Mobility in Rural Areas - Evidence from China |
| ZHANG Jin-hua, YU Mei-lian, WU Fang-wei , CHEN Wei |
1 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, P.R.China
2 Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, P.R.China |
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摘要 This research focuses on the impact of family’s human capital on social mobility in China’s rural community. Empirical research is conducted based on data from surveying a typical rural community in the past 20 yr. The study indicates that social mobility in rural area is active in the past 20 yr, and the human capital of family, represented by primary labor’s education level, has played an essential role in mobility of low social class. Meanwhile, socio-economic development and the change of supply and demand in labor market dims the signaling role of degree education, but the impact of occupational training is increasingly remarkable. Therefore, the change from sole degree education to multi-leveled education including occupational education and training is a main way for China’s rural families in low class to realize social mobility.
Abstract This research focuses on the impact of family’s human capital on social mobility in China’s rural community. Empirical research is conducted based on data from surveying a typical rural community in the past 20 yr. The study indicates that social mobility in rural area is active in the past 20 yr, and the human capital of family, represented by primary labor’s education level, has played an essential role in mobility of low social class. Meanwhile, socio-economic development and the change of supply and demand in labor market dims the signaling role of degree education, but the impact of occupational training is increasingly remarkable. Therefore, the change from sole degree education to multi-leveled education including occupational education and training is a main way for China’s rural families in low class to realize social mobility.
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Received: 19 February 2013
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| Fund: This article thanks to the Youth Project (2012) “Elements of Discrimination, economic the Overflow and Sustainable Growth” (71203129) by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Education Science 2012 (B12019). |
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Corresponding Authors:
Correspondence ZHANG Jin-hua, E-mail: zhang.jinhua@mail.shufe.edu.cn
E-mail: zhang.jinhua@mail.shufe.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
ZHANG Jin-hua, YU Mei-lian, WU Fang-wei , CHEN Wei.
2013.
Human Capital of Family and Social Mobility in Rural Areas - Evidence from China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(10): 1905-1915.
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