▪ Abstract This essay reviews post-1980 research on class stratification, socio-economic
inequalities, and social mobility in the People's Republic of China. Chinese class …

The study of women in twentieth-century China has expanded so quickly in the past two
decades that a state-of-the-field survey becomes outdated in the time that it takes to …

China on the Move offers a new and more thorough explanation of migration, which
integrates knowledge from geography, population studies, sociology and politics; to help us …

In this paper, we investigate the gender gap in education in rural northwest China. We first
discuss parental perceptions of abilities and appropriate roles for girls and boys; parental …

This book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing
the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. Using a dozen, recent national surveys …

The geographic dimensions of educational inequality are important in many developing
countries, as decentralization has shifted increasing proportions of the burden for financing …

In this article, we examine the relationship between market transition and gender gap in
earnings in urban China. We analyze change in the gender gap in human capital, political …

This study examined Chinese attitudes toward women's careers, marriage rights, sexual
freedom, and the importance of having sons using a 1991 national sample of individuals …

More than 2 decades of economic reforms have brought great improvements in the quality of
life for women and girls in China. Despite these improvements, in some areas, cultural …

Informal family separation due to parental labor migration is an increasingly common
experience in the lives of children in many countries. This paper proposes a framework and …