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Argentina Exceptionalism

Social Mobility and the Reversal of Development in Argentina

Bibliographic Data

ID9951900
AuthorsJorge Raúl Jorrat (0000-0003-0551-1953, Universidad de Buenos Aires, corresponding author), Idelfonso Marqués Perales (0000-0002-3145-0480, Universidad de Sevilla)
Year2022
Volume52
Issue4
Pages284-307
Publication date2022-06-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207659.2022.2089805
OpenAlexW4283319157
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

The effects of education on social mobility are studied in Argentina, a country that has undergone unprecedented economic and political upheaval. Among the richest in the world at the beginning of the 20th century, it was ranked 60th by per capita GDP at the century’s end; a phenomenon known as “the Argentine Paradox”. The interrelationships between class origin, education, and class destination are all explored. Regarding educational inequalities and returns on education, no fluctuations towards a particular direction were identified, although returns on education changed according to social classes. We found, contrary to “popular wisdom”, that as access to education increased, social fluidity fell. Neither educational expansion nor educational inequalities contributed to social fluidity, and we added the possibility of a growing association between origin-destination, as educational levels improved

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Exceptionalism · Inequality · Per capita · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social inequality · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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