The Effect of Sibship Size on Educational Attainment in China: Period Variations

Autor/inn/en	Lu, Yao; Treiman, Donald J.
Titel	The Effect of Sibship Size on Educational Attainment in China: Period Variations
Quelle	In: American Sociological Review, 73 (2008) 5, S.813-834 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224
DOI	10.1177/000312240807300506
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Siblings; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Educational Resources; Family Structure; Public Policy; Educational Policy; World History; Political Issues; Social Influences; Social Change; Equal Education; Socioeconomic Influences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Sibling; Geschwister; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsmittel; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Weltgeschichte; Politischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Sozialer Wandel; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	In industrialized nations, sibship size generally depresses educational attainment: the larger the number of siblings, the lower the educational attainment. This association is much less consistent in developing nations, however. This article examines the effect that the number of siblings has on educational attainment in China, a nation that has experienced sharp vacillations between policies designed to promote equality (between urban and rural residents and between men and women) and policies designed to promote economic development. The implementation of these policies in the educational arena has alternately reduced and increased competition for educational resources and, as we show, has correspondingly reduced and increased the effect of sibship size on educational attainment. (Contains 10 footnotes and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10