Declining inequality? The changing impact of socio-economic background and ability on education in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2139131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Marks (0000-0003-1331-0975), Gary N Marks (0000-0002-7380-5243, Australian Council for Educational Research), Jane Mcmillan (0000-0003-2651-4109, Australian Council for Educational Research), Julie Mcmillan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 453-471 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2003.00453.x |
| PMID | 14660254 |
| OpenAlex | W4245425895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 35 |
The paper addresses several debates surrounding the reproduction of socio-economic inequality: (i) the persistent inequality thesis, which maintains that despite the increases in educational participation socio-economic inequalities in education have not declined; (ii) the related thesis of maximally maintained inequality, which proposes that socio-economic inequalities decline only when participation levels for the most privileged socio-economic group approach saturation levels; (iii) the meritocracy debate on the importance of ability vis-à-vis socio-economic background and changes in its influence over time; and (iv) the effect of policy changes on socio-economic inequalities in education. These issues are addressed using data from six Australian youth cohorts born between 1961 and the mid-1980s
Biology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Inequality · Meritocracy · Population · Reproduction · Social inequality · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Education Systems and Policy · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Modernization Theory and Changes Over Time in the Reproduction of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Australia
Explaining Educational Decision and Effects of Families' Social Class Position
Neoliberalism, Inequality and Politics
Educational Mobility Across Three Generations
Scholastic ability vs family background in educational success
The Rise of the Penal State
Expecting the unexpected
The Ausei06
Issues in the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Socioeconomic Background
Why g matters
Social Background and School Continuation Decisions
Equality of educational opportunity
Against the Odds
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Reflections on the meritocracy debate in Britain
Access to Privilege
Schooling and Achievement in American Society
A Model of Stratification with Response Error in Social and Psychological Variables
Ruling Class, Ruling Culture
Conceptual Issues and the Australian Experience With Income Contingent Charges for Higher Education
Persistent Inequality
Parents’ education, cognitive ability, educational expectations and educational attainment
Cultural Capital and School Success
Merit, mobility and method
Class inequality and meritocracy
The Educational and Early Occupational Attainment Process
Change and Stability in Educational Stratification
Maximally Maintained Inequality
Trends in Family Effects on the Education of Black and White Brothers
Intellectual Skill and Academic Performance
Social Mobility, Individual Ability and the Inheritance of Class Inequality
Might Britain be a Meritocracy
Reforms, Expansion, and Equality of Opportunity
Class, Mobility and Merit The Experience of Two British Birth Cohorts
Routes of success
Trends in measured and unmeasured effects of family background on educational attainment and occupational status in the Federal Republic of Germany
The sheaf coefficient
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2012 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |