An “Assurance of Security” or “Agent of Tracking”? An Empirical Study of the Impact of Vocational Education on Social Mobility

Abstract

Published in the Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), this study drew on data from the China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) by the Institute of Social Science Survey at Peking University as the research sample to examine the impact of education on social mobility as well as the influences of the registered residence, administrative region and other factors on social mobility of populations with different educational levels. The descriptive analysis and linear regression methods were adopted in the research.