Does having a cadre parent pay? Evidence from the first job offers of Chinese college graduates

Li, Hongbing; Meng, Lingsheng; Shi, Xinzheng; Wu, Binzhen

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.06.005

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“…Results in most of those studies indicate that educational policy changes could have a significant impact on the intergenerational educational correlations. To the best of our knowledge, Li et al (2012) is the only study that explicitly examines the impact of political status of parents on intergenerational mobility. They find that the recent higher education expansion in the UK has disproportionately benefitted children from higher income families.…”

Section: ó 2017 the Authors Economics Of Transition ó 2017 The Europementioning

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The impact of higher education expansion on intergenerational mobility

Zhi

Zhong

2017

Econ Transit

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The persistent correlations between parents and children's outcomes have long been investigated. From a policy perspective, it is important to understand the underlying causes of those correlations. Educational policy changes may have significant impacts on intergenerational mobility. The last several decades have witnessed a remarkable expansion of higher education around the world. In this paper, we examine the effect of higher education expansion on intergenerational mobility in China. We find that the higher education expansion in China has weakened the advantage of cadres' children in higher education participation, and has strengthened the intergenerational educational correlation. One explanation for these results might be that, along with the process of economic reform started in 1979, the cadre selection mechanism has placed more and more weight on candidate's education and abilities.JEL classifications: I24, J62, P36.

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Section: ó 2017 the Authors Economics Of Transition ó 2017 The Europementioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of higher education expansion on intergenerational mobility

Zhi

Zhong

2017

Econ Transit

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“…Li et al (2007) argue that Communist Party membership reflects unobserved ability and family background, because the Party conducts a 'lengthy and extended selection procedure that not only ensures the political loyalty of applicants but also ensures the superior quality of Party members'. Li et al (2012b) show in related work that graduates with cadre parents enjoy wage premiums in their first jobs after college. Much further work is needed to elucidate how political capital shapes the opportunity structure of educational achievement.…”

Section: Political Capital and Intergenerational Mobilitymentioning

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“…China's hierarchical bureaucratic system has four main levels: ministries, departments, divisions, and sections (Zhou, 2000). Following Li et al (2012b), we do not further categorize the political status of cadre parents. Some researchers use Communist Party membership as a proxy for political capital (Nee, 1996;Walder, 1996;Xie and Hannum, 1996).…”

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Political capital and intergenerational mobility: Evidence from elite college admissions in China

Yang

Chen

2016

Chinese Journal of Sociology

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In this article, we examine the intergenerational influence of political capital on educational attainment. Most previous researchers have focused on the centrality of political cadres to the redistribution of resources in transitional economies, yet the intergenerational mobility of these cadres has rarely been discussed. We use data from the 2010 Chinese College Student Survey to investigate the effects of cadre parent status on children's admission to elite colleges in China. The results reveal that the children of cadre parents are more likely to attend elite colleges. According to the results of China's standardized college entrance examinations, the children of cadre parents are not innately more intelligent than the children of non-cadre parents. However, children with cadre parents are more likely to attend elite senior high schools, which increases their likelihood of gaining entrance to elite colleges.

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“…For example, having a cadre parent is associated with a 15% premium in the first job offer salary among recent college graduates in China 13. The next question is, besides economic benefits, does kinship with a government cadre also improve health?…”

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Spillover effects of children’s political status on elderly parents’ health in China

Zhao

Zhou

Tan

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J Epidemiol Community Health

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The findings suggest positive spillover effects of children's political status on parents' health. The benefits of having a cadre child are at least equivalent to the rural-urban gap in health and even stronger for the parents of higher ranking cadres. One potential explanation for such spillover effects is that a child's political status can improve parents' community involvement and social interactions.

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Does having a cadre parent pay? Evidence from the first job offers of Chinese college graduates

Cited by 52 publications

References 55 publications

The impact of higher education expansion on intergenerational mobility

The impact of higher education expansion on intergenerational mobility

Political capital and intergenerational mobility: Evidence from elite college admissions in China

Spillover effects of children’s political status on elderly parents’ health in China

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