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| Social Forces | 6 |
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| Borocz, Jozsef | 1 |
| Gerber, Theodore P. | 1 |
| Jones, F. L. | 1 |
| Shu, Xiaoling | 1 |
| Southworth, Caleb | 1 |
| Wu, Xiaogang | 1 |
| Zhou, Xueguang | 1 |
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Decomposing the Intellectuals' Class Power: Conversion of Cultural Capital to Income, Hungary, 1986.
Peer reviewedBorocz, Jozsef; Southworth, Caleb – Social Forces, 1996
Data from a 1986 general social survey of Hungary were used to examine the effects of cultural capital on income inequalities under state socialism in Hungary. While both educational and lifestyle aspects of cultural capital had independent effects, certification obtained through formal education was the strongest cultural capital predictor of…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries, Income
Peer reviewedJones, F. L.; And Others – Social Forces, 1994
Applies loglinear models of social mobility to six surveys of Australian and Japanese men covering the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Finds similar patterns of association between social origins and social destinations in the two countries, no evidence of change over time in Japan, and only small evidence of increasing openness in Australia. (SV)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries, Males
Peer reviewedGerber, Theodore P. – Social Forces, 2003
Data from a survey of 4,809 Russians were used to examine the association between educational attainment and first occupation for Russians who completed their education and entered the labor market between 1970 and 2000. The results confirm previous findings of continuity in social stratification in post-Soviet Russia, despite rapid, major…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Entry Workers
Peer reviewedShu, Xiaoling; Bian, Yanjie – Social Forces, 2003
Analysis of city-level data and national household surveys in urban China, 1988 and 1995, found no longitudinal change nor city-level variation in the gender gap in earnings. However, during this period of market transition, the gender gap in more-marketized cities became more attributable to market-related mechanisms (education and occupation)…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWu, Xiaogang – Social Forces, 2002
Analyzes the effect of the transition from a state socialist economy to a market-oriented economy on personal income inequality in urban China. Examines returns to human capital (educational attainment and work experience) in low-profit state firms, high-profit state firms, and market firms. (Contains 54 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Peer reviewedZhou, Xueguang; And Others – Social Forces, 1996
Life histories collected from 1,038 urban residents of Beijing and Shanghai (China) examined educational opportunities and labor force entry from 1949-93. Data support arguments that individual life chances under state socialism are extremely sensitive to political processes, and that changing state policies can dramatically alter opportunity…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communism, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
