Are the children of uneducated farmers doubly disadvantaged ? farm, nonfarm and intergenerational educational mobility in rural China (English)

This paper relaxes the single-factor model of intergenerational educational mobility and analyzes heterogeneous effects of family background on children’s education in villages, with a focus on the role of nonfarm occupations. The analysis uses data from rural China that cover three generations, and are not subject to coresident sample selection. Evidence from a battery of econometric approaches shows that the mean effects of parents’ education miss...

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Emran,M. Shahe;

Sun,Yan - GSP05;
Document Date
2015/10/26
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7459
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2015/10/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Are the children of uneducated farmers doubly disadvantaged ? farm, nonfarm and intergenerational educational mobility in rural China
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Emran,M. Shahe; Sun,Yan - GSP05.

Are the children of uneducated farmers doubly disadvantaged ? farm, nonfarm and intergenerational educational mobility in rural China (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7459 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/795151468186250534

Are the children of uneducated farmers doubly disadvantaged ? farm, nonfarm and intergenerational educational mobility in rural China (English)

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