Toward Meritocracy? Changing Social-Class Differences in Intellectual Ability.
Many observers believe that intellectual ability has become a more important determinant of occupational success in recent decades and that social-class differences in ability have consequently increased. This article examines changes in occupational-class differences in scores on a test of verbal a...
| Publicado en: | Sociology of Education Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 271 - 287 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct95
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