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Family Resources, Gender, and Immigration: Changing Sources of Hong Kong Educational Inequality, 1971–2001

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Objective. This study gauged the impact of government‐led educational expansion on Hong Kong's social stratification over a 30‐year period. The historically close state control over school supply in Hong Kong allows us to test the effectiveness of public policy in changing the transmission of advantages across generations. Methods. I analyzed household‐level census data from 1971, 1981, 1991, and 2001. Interviews and documents were also used to illuminate reasons for trends during this period. Results. There was a diminishing role of family resources and gender on access to all levels of schooling until 1991. From 1991 through 2001, however, there was a reversal of this trend at the postsecondary level, as access to university education became more dependent on family resources. In addition, new immigrants from mainland China were at an increased disadvantage. Conclusions. Hong Kong's current plan to create a second tier of self‐supporting postsecondary institutions will exacerbate the tendency toward unequal university access, and is also likely to segregate new arrivals from mainland China.

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  • David Post, 2004. "Family Resources, Gender, and Immigration: Changing Sources of Hong Kong Educational Inequality, 1971–2001," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 85(5), pages 1238-1258, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:85:y:2004:i:5:p:1238-1258
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00274.x
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    1. Suet-ling Pong & David Post & Dongshu Ou & Maggie S.Y. Fok, 2014. "Blurring Boundaries? Immigration and Exogamous Marriages in Hong Kong," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 40(4), pages 629-652, December.
    2. Kee-Lee Chou, 2013. "Familial Effect on Child Poverty in Hong Kong Immigrant Families," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 113(1), pages 183-195, August.
    3. Yu-Te Tu, 2012. "A Comparison on Business Negotiation Styles with Education," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 4(6), pages 317-331.
    4. Yu-Te Tu, 2012. "Negotiation Style Comparisons by Gender among Greater China," Journal of Social and Development Sciences, AMH International, vol. 3(4), pages 123-134.
    5. Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung & Kee-Lee Chou, 2018. "Measuring Child Poverty in Hong Kong: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scale," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 139(3), pages 909-921, October.

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