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Education, social background and cognitive ability : the decline of the social /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marks, Gary N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge research in education ; 103.
Subjects:
Education > Social aspects.
Children with social disabilities > Education.
Educational equalization.
Cognitive learning.
Soziale Klasse.
Bildung.
Chancengleichheit.
Industriestaaten.
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical matters
  • Concepts, measures and statistics
  • Cognitive ability I : conceptual issues stability and origins
  • Cognitive ability II : educational outcomes
  • Cognitive ability III : labor market outcomes
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in education I : the strenght of the relationship
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in education II : theoretical explanations
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in education III : changes over time
  • Occupational attainment
  • Reproduction of economic inequalities.