Intergenerational mobility from a historical perspective

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Title: Intergenerational mobility from a historical perspective
Authors: Ineke Maas, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
Source: Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality ISBN: 9781800888265
Publisher Information: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Subject Terms: Intergenerational mobility, Social mobility, 4. Education, 8. Economic growth, 1. No poverty, Modernization theory, Historical change, 10. No inequality, Industrialization thesis
Description: This chapter synthesises the international evidence on the impact of secondary and higher education expansion on intergenerational inequality in education. In high-income countries, the association between social origin (parental education, parental income, social class background) and educational outcomes (highest level of educational attainment, tertiary education) generally persisted then declined as national education systems expanded during the twentieth century, in line with the predictions of modernisation theorists. Nevertheless, levels of intergenerational inequality in education remained substantial into the twenty-first century, particularly in relation to parental education, suggesting the relatively greater importance of cultural over economic capital. Moreover, earlier trends towards equalisation appear to have ceased into the twenty-first century, with indications of a possible ‘U-turn’ ahead with respect to comparative rates of access to higher education. In lower-income countries, intergenerational inequalities in education are larger, have been slower to diminish, and are more strongly linked to economic inequality.
Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
DOI: 10.4337/9781800888265.00024
DOI: 10.4337/9781800888265.00009
Access URL: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/ac7d8f23-2d02-4ae8-80ad-60a939dd0d83
https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/ac7d8f23-2d02-4ae8-80ad-60a939dd0d83
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888265.00009
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....6ac3b8c42e4a0db4fa9a43ef104a6312
Database: OpenAIRE
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