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How does education affect knowledge and intergenerational social class mobility in China?

open access: yesJournal of Innovation & Knowledge
Education is an important tool used to equip knowledge and pursue self-improvement, which may affect intergenerational social class mobility through human capital accumulation.
Bingqiang Li   +3 more
doaj  

Educational expansion, earnings compression and changes in intergenerational economic mobility : Evidence from French cohorts, 1931-1976 [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes long-term trends in intergenerational earnings mobility in France. I estimate intergenerational earnings elasticities for male cohorts born between 1931 and 1975.
Arnaud Lefranc
core  

In the name of the Father: marriage and intergenerational mobility in the United States, 1850-1930 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper constructs a continuous and consistent measure of intergenerational mobility in the United States between 1850 and 1930 by linking individuals with the same first name across pairs of decennial Censuses.
Olivetti, Claudia, Paserman, M. Daniele
core  

Long Term Effects of Preschool Investment on school Performance and Labor Market Outcome [PDF]

open access: yes
Using the NLSY data set, this paper formulates and then empirically estimates the production processes for social, motivational and cognitive skills during early childhood development and the long-term effects of these skills on learning and life-time ...
Lakshmi K. Raut
core  

The Link Between Contextual Poverty and Academic Achievement: Evidence Using Panel Data From a Lower‐Middle‐Income Country

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between contextual poverty and educational achievement is not well‐researched in lower‐income countries. This paper investigates this link and examines how it varies between urban and rural school locations in Bangladesh, acknowledging the dual urban‐rural dynamics of the country.
Mobarak Hossain
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Mobility Between and Within Canada and the United States

open access: yesJournal of Labor Economics, 2019
Intergenerational income mobility is lower in the United States than in Canada but varies significantly within each country. Our subnational analysis finds that the national border only partially distinguishes the approximately 1,000 regions we analyze ...
Marie Connolly, Miles Corak, C. Haeck
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Track Differences in Civic and Democratic Engagement During Secondary Education: A New Panel Study From the Netherlands

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whether students educated in different ability tracks in secondary education develop different levels of civic and democratic engagement is yet unclear. To explore this issue, we focus on how schools bring students of different tracks and family backgrounds together, and whether such between‐school differences are associated with varying ...
Herman van de Werfhorst   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Mobility in American History: Accounting for Race and Measurement Error

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2019
A large body of evidence finds that relative mobility in the US has declined over the past 150 years. However, long-run mobility estimates are usually based on White samples and therefore do not account for the limited opportunities available for ...
Zachary Ward
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Careers guidance in specialist settings in England—Moving towards career readiness? Findings from OFSTED research

open access: yesJournal of Research in Special Educational Needs, EarlyView.
Abstract The aims of this study were to investigate careers guidance for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in specialist provision in England. There has been growing interest internationally in ensuring effective careers guidance for secondary education promotes social mobility and gives all children and ...
Joseph Mintz, Richard Shiner
wiley   +1 more source

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