Chen Zhongbin, Zhang Yongqi, Yuan Hongjie
Center for Economic Development Research, And Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, China.
Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, China.
Heliyon. 2023 Aug 9;9(8):e18933. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18933. eCollection 2023 Aug.
This paper uses the China Family Panel Studies' micro-level data and the ordered logit model to study intergenerational transmission of education and examines whether the nine-year compulsory schooling system affects equity in education. The results show that when parents have higher educational attainments, their children will have higher educational attainments. Full-sample results show that when the mother has higher education, the probability that her children have higher education increases by 7.97%, whereas for the sub-sample after the compulsory schooling policy carried out, the probability increases by 22.42%. We find that the compulsory schooling system strengthens intergenerational transmission of education in the level of higher education. An implication is that the compulsory schooling system may promote equity in compulsory education but does not promote equity in higher education.
本文利用中国家庭追踪调查的微观数据和有序逻辑模型研究教育的代际传递，并考察九年义务教育制度是否影响教育公平。结果表明，当父母具有较高教育程度时，其子女也会有较高的教育程度。全样本结果显示，母亲受教育程度较高时，其子女接受高等教育的概率增加7.97%，而在义务教育政策实施后的子样本中，这一概率增加22.42%。我们发现，义务教育制度在高等教育层面强化了教育的代际传递。这意味着义务教育制度可能促进了义务教育公平，但并未促进高等教育公平。
