Comparative study of intergenerational mobility: the case of Shanghai and S. Petersburg
The article is based on the data of random probability survey held in2008 inShanghaiandS. Petersburg. It highlights differences in intergenerational mobility in contemporaryChinaandRussia. It appears that after 1992, the collapse of theUSSRand "shock therapy" the scale of inter-generationa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Социологический журнал |
| Online Access: | http://jour.fnisc.ru/upload/journals/1/articles/1232/submission/proof/1232-61-2328-1-10-20150323.pdf |
| Summary: | The article is based on the data of random probability survey held in2008 inShanghaiandS. Petersburg. It highlights differences in intergenerational mobility in contemporaryChinaandRussia. It appears that after 1992, the collapse of theUSSRand "shock therapy" the scale of inter-generational mobility inS. Petersburgwent down. At the same time the continuity of social positions became a more prominent tendency. The intergenerational mobility inShanghairevealed a tendency to increase. In the concluding part of the article an attempt is made to analyze the factors that caused the observed difference. The rate of economic development and growth are viewed as such factors. |
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| ISSN: | 1562-2495 |