Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation
Abstract Using the Panel Survey of Chinese University Students, this paper systematically analyzes the effect of family background on the human capital accumulation of college students. This study finds that family background has little influence in elite universities, where the selective eliminatio...
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| description | Abstract Using the Panel Survey of Chinese University Students, this paper systematically analyzes the effect of family background on the human capital accumulation of college students. This study finds that family background has little influence in elite universities, where the selective elimination effect is a determinant. In nonelite universities, however, family background and cultural reproduction mechanisms have significant influence, although individual efforts also factor in the process. In vocational colleges, neither cultural reproduction nor meritocracy is significantly effective. The universalization of higher education has caused divergence in different types of institutions, sorting college students into different competitive fields with different rules. Both the cultural reproduction mechanism and the selective elimination hypothesis can be identified in all kinds of colleges, but their effect varies in relation to institutional types. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf5a571186ba4335957b0543cb664d4b2023-07-23T11:15:39ZengSpringerOpenThe Journal of Chinese Sociology2198-26352023-07-0110112010.1186/s40711-023-00193-6Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulationChunling Li0Yaping Guo1Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina Women’s UniversityAbstract Using the Panel Survey of Chinese University Students, this paper systematically analyzes the effect of family background on the human capital accumulation of college students. This study finds that family background has little influence in elite universities, where the selective elimination effect is a determinant. In nonelite universities, however, family background and cultural reproduction mechanisms have significant influence, although individual efforts also factor in the process. In vocational colleges, neither cultural reproduction nor meritocracy is significantly effective. The universalization of higher education has caused divergence in different types of institutions, sorting college students into different competitive fields with different rules. Both the cultural reproduction mechanism and the selective elimination hypothesis can be identified in all kinds of colleges, but their effect varies in relation to institutional types.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-023-00193-6Educational inequalityCultural reproductionFamily backgroundHuman capitalHigher education |
| spellingShingle | Chunling Li Yaping Guo Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation The Journal of Chinese Sociology Educational inequality Cultural reproduction Family background Human capital Higher education |
| title | Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation |
| title_full | Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation |
| title_fullStr | Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation |
| title_short | Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation |
| title_sort | can family determine competition within the college campus the effect of family background on college students human capital accumulation |
| topic | Educational inequality Cultural reproduction Family background Human capital Higher education |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-023-00193-6 |
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