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SUMMARY:The Varying Effects of Maternal Employment on Post-80s’ Educatio
 n Attainment in China - Yang Hu\, Department of Sociology\, University of 
 Cambridge
DTSTART:20130514T160000Z
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CONTACT:Ting Ding
DESCRIPTION:Characterised by the Reform/Opening-up and 9-year compulsory e
 ducation\,\netc.\, the post-80s cohort occupies a unique pinnacle in China
 ’s history. Meanwhile\, since the\n1980s\, the Single-child policy has b
 een accompanied by a notable increase in maternal\nemployment\, which rend
 ers internal changes to what were assumed to be ‘normal (nuclear)\nfamil
 ies’. Whether/how does maternal employment influence post-80s’ educati
 on\nattainment? Provided the ever-widening gap between rural and urban Chi
 na\, how does the\neffect vary across regions? Whether/how does the effect
  differ between gender? Drawing on\ndata from the China Family Panel Studi
 es\, we examine the varying effects of maternal\nemployment on post-80s’
  education dropout hazard in and beyond the 9-year scheme. We\nfound that 
 maternal employment has a stronger effect in reducing post-80s’ educatio
 n\ndropout in urban than rural China. This effect is weaker for females th
 an males. Previous\nresearch suggests maternal employment affects children
 ’s educational attainment through\nshaping their aspirations. Our result
 s only partly support this claim: the ‘aspirational effect’ is\nnoted 
 among females\, but not among males. Three implications are noteworthy: (1
 ) while\nchanges in family structure (e.g. multigenerational co-residence\
 , divorce\, etc.) have a notable\nimpact on children’s education\, inter
 nal variation in parents’ gender role also has a\nsignificant impact on 
 children’s education\, and (2) such impact could be as significant as\nf
 amily socioeconomic and cultural statuses\; (3) the effects of maternal em
 ployment on\nchildren’s education are context-dependent and gender-speci
 fic.\n
LOCATION:Room 2S5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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