1990-2000年中国的经济转型、学校扩招和教育不平等

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This paper examines the trend in the educational stratification during China’s economic reforms in the 1990s. Based on the sample data of population censuses in 1990 and 2000， the schoolage children were matched to their parents’ background information within the same households and the effects of family background on children’s school enrollment and continued education were investigated. The results showed that， despite the substantial expansion of educational opportunities in the decade， family backgrounds continued to play an important role in determining school enrollment status and continued education. Over the decade， children of rural hukou status became even more disadvantaged compared with their urban counterparts and the effect of father’s socioeconomic status on school enrollment was further increased. Despite the fact that children of rural hukou status had gained relatively more opportunities at junior high school level as a result of the nationwide push for 9year compulsory education， the ruralurban gap in the likelihood of transition to senior high school level had been enlarged and the effect of father’s socioeconomic status had increased， even after controlling for the regional variations in economic development.

Key words: China, educational inequality, economic transition, social stratification

WU Xiao-Gang. Economic Transition， School Expansion， and Educational Inequality in China， 1990-2000[J]. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2009, 29(5): 88-113.

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