Geographic Inequality and Ethnic Stratification in China, 2000 to 2010

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Abstract

I used data from Chinese censuses to examine the effects of three geographic factors (minority-Han residential segregation, rural-urban disparities, and regional differences) on educational and occupational outcomes of Chinese ethnic minorities from 2000 to 2010. My results suggest there were regional differences in terms of educational segregation between minorities and the Han. It was also difficult for minority groups that were residentially segregated from the Han and mainly located in rural areas or western/southeastern regions to obtain high-level education. Moreover, when minority groups were residentially segregated from the Han, they tended to have higher levels of occupational segregation from the Han; while minority groups with larger percentages of rural residents tended to have smaller percentages of people obtained high-status occupations. Finally, despite China’s rapid social and economic development, ethnic disparities in education did not significantly change, and ethnic gaps in occupational attainment were widened from 2000 to 2010.

Author

• Danielle Xiaodan Morales, The University of Texas at El Paso