@article{THESIS,
      recid = {7263},
      author = {Chen, Zhibin},
      title = {Intergenerational Changes in Education and Social Mobility  in Contemporary China: Based on Gender, Area and Family  Size},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2023-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {This study explores the significant changes of the gender  gap, regional divide, and family size effect in the context  of intergenerational education improvement and social  mobility after the launch of China's reform and open-up  policy. The reform and open-up policy, initiated in 1978  China, introduced significant social changes including  increased urbanization, changes in family structure, shifts  in social norms and values. This study will contribute  valuable insights into how such large-scale national policy  shape and affect social structures and patterns of mobility  among different groups of population, and either reinforce  or mitigate forms of social inequality. Therefore,  intergenerational education improvement and social mobility  are the main focuses as well as key indicators in this  study to measure the prevalence, magnitude and changes of  the gender gap, regional disparities, and family size  effect. This study utilizes data from the China Family  Panel Studies (CFPS), a nationally representative,  longitudinal household survey of over 14,000 families in  contemporary China, and mainly multi-linear regression  models with interactive effects to investigate the impact  of the reform and opening policy. The results of this study  indicates that while there are still social inequality and  differences among different population groups in modern  China, these differences to some extent have been  effectively and significantly reduced over time with the  influence of the reform and opening policy.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7263},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.7263},
}