Educational Inequality, Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Mobility

Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) Lindsey Macmillan , JO BLANDEN
ANO 2016
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Journal of Social Policy
ISSN 0047-2794
E-ISSN 1469-7823
EDITORA Elsevier (Netherlands)
DOI 10.1017/s004727941600026x
CITAÇÕES 5
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 77c1cd79a8c43e0789a989b0fd96c114

Resumo

The distribution of education by social background and the mobility prospects of society are intimately connected. To begin to predict future trends in mobility in the UK we bring together evidence on educational inequality by family background for cohorts from 1958 to 2000 for a range of educational outcomes. There is evidence that educational inequalities have narrowed among recent cohorts as the overall level of educational achievement has increased. This could be promising for mobility provided the labour market returns to these qualifications are maintained. However, stubborn inequalities by background at higher attainment levels imply that narrowing inequalities and expanding equality of opportunity throughout the educational distribution is a difficult task.

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