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Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whose bias gets coded? Psychology's role in decolonizing AI. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol
Lakshmi S D   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Higher Education Influence Attitudes Towards Muslims? Examining Mechanisms That Reduce Prejudice Within UK Universities

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between encounters with religious diversity and the perspectives people form about Muslims. Its empirical focus is individuals studying at UK universities. Previous research suggests Muslims are amongst those most subject to negative prejudice in the UK, this being structured around racial or ethnic ...
Tom Fryer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural and Human Capital Signals in Hiring—A Factorial Survey Experiment Across Contexts

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When evaluating candidates, hiring agents may draw on signals of human as well as cultural capital. While these processes have been considered separately, an open question is how the two types of signals interact. As signals of social class, cultural capital signals relate to human capital as they evoke stereotypes about competence, polish ...
Luisa Burchartz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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