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A new study finds that between 618-907 CE, young men’s career success in China’s Tang Dynasty was increasingly tied to how well they performed on a competitive examination called the Keju (the Imperial Exam) – and much less on their ancestral origins
Demographic data on Chinese tomb epitaphs from the 7th through 10th centuries resemble US sociological patterns in the 1960s and 1970s.
Today's social mobility research leans on WEF or GSS; studying past centuries is challenging due to scarce stats.
Today's social mobility research leans on WEF or GSS; studying past centuries is challenging due to scarce stats.