Research Progress on Family Background and Educational Inequality

Abstract

Family background process of the education of children in the family has an important influence, this paper summarizes the status of the family background influence their children's education, combing including household wealth, family education, neighborhood effect, borrowing constraints, such as the impact on education, Outlines theoretical framework, which contains the above factors of family background and education inequality has carried on the comprehensive discussion. It is pointed out that this research field is still in the development stage, and many problems lack data and statistical verification, and the effectiveness of policies to promote educational equality needs further theoretical demonstration and practical test.