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Response to the Commentary “Reassessing Disparity in Access to Higher Education in Contemporary China”*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2014

Xiaobing Wang
Affiliation:
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences. Email: [email protected].
Chengfang Liu
Affiliation:
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences. Email: [email protected].
Linxiu Zhang
Affiliation:
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences. Email: [email protected].
Yaojiang Shi
Affiliation:
Center for Experimental Economics of Education, Shaanxi Normal University. Email: [email protected].
Scott Rozelle*
Affiliation:
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.
Prashant Loyalka
Affiliation:
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. Email: [email protected].
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Email: [email protected] (corresponding author)

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We thank Anning Hu for carefully reading and commenting on our report “College is a rich, Han, urban, male club: research notes from a census survey of four tier one colleges in China.” We also thank the editor of The China Quarterly for giving us the chance to respond to the commentary. The topic of assessing disparities in college access in China (and other developing countries undergoing major transitions in their higher education systems) is an important one. We hope that our China Quarterly article, Hu's commentary and our response will stimulate more research and dialogue on this topic in China and elsewhere.

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Copyright © The China Quarterly 2014 

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Footnotes

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The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from National Natural Sciences of China (Grant:71110107028; 71373255; 71333012) and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant: 2012RC102; 2012ZD008).

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