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The Impact of Education on the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Relatively Impoverished Areas

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article utilizes the 2018 CLDS (China Labor-force Dynamics Survey) data, integrating the highest educational attainment and occupational level differences between parents and their children, along with variables such as region, gender, and age into a unified analytical framework. It employs the Logit model to investigate the effects of intergenerational educational mobility and occupational mobility on the intergenerational transmission of occupational class. The empirical results demonstrate that in relatively impoverished areas, there is a strong inheritance of occupational class. Educational advancement significantly promotes class mobility among the relatively impoverished population. Furthermore, the greater the educational leap, the more significant is the occupational class mobility. An increase in one tier of educational inheritance corresponds to a more pronounced inheritance of class status.

Source: Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies

DOI: 10.61173/zgbxah22

Author: Xinwen Zhang

Institution: Northeast Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4414147287