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Does Where You Live Matter? An Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Education Among Hispanic Americans

Frontiers in Sociology, 2021
The intergenerational transmission of education from parents to children is an important indicator of societal inclusiveness and educational inequality.
Sharron Xuanren Wang, Arthur Sakamoto
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain [PDF]

This paper compares and contrasts estimates of the extent of intergenerational income mobility over time in Britain. Estimates based on two British birth cohorts show that mobility appears to have fallen in a cross-cohort comparison of people who grew up
Alissa Goodman, Blanden, Jo, Paul Gregg, Stephen Machin   +3 more
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The impact of subjective intergenerational mobility on well-being: evidence from China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Although social mobility has been shown to be essential for subjective well-being, empirical evidence on the relationship between subjective intergenerational mobility and well-being in the developing world is relatively limited and needs to be more ...
Chong Lu, Guangkun Chen
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Educational reproduction in Sweden: A replication of Skopek and Leopold 2020 using Swedish data

Demographic Research, 2023
Background: Intergenerational social mobility, or the inheritance of status characteristics, is well-studied in Sweden. However, it accounts for just one aspect of the process of intergenerational reproduction of social inequality.
Vanessa Wittemann
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Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Ha Ngan Ngo, Chloe Le   +2 more
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And Yet It Moves: Intergenerational Mobility in Italy [PDF]

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019
We estimate intergenerational income mobility in Italy using administrative data from tax returns. Our estimates of mobility are higher than prior work using survey data and indirect methods. The rankrank slope of parent-child income is 0.22, compared to 0.18 in Denmark and 0.34 in the United States.
Acciari, Paolo, Polo, Alberto, Violante, Giovanni L.   +2 more
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Publicly funded private schools and academic achievement: A comparative analysis of PISA data in European countries

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya, Léonard Moulin, Denis Fougère   +2 more
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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The effects of intergenerational income mobility and per pupil education spending on economic growth

Cogent Economics & Finance
Intergenerational income mobility is often studied in the context of inequality, but it also plays a critical role in long-term economic development.
Joseph A. Mauro
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