Intergenerational Mobility at the Top of the Educational Distribution.
Research has shown that intergenerational mobility is higher among individuals with a college degree than those with lower levels of schooling. However, mobility declines among graduate degree holders. This finding questions the meritocratic power of higher education. Prior research has been hampere...
| Publicado en: | Sociology of Education Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 266 - 290 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2018
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