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Educational Expansion and Social Stratification: Schooling As a Positional Good
Educational Expansion and Social Stratification: Schooling As a Positional Good
Abstract Submissions Closed
Friday, 26 February 2021: 16:00-17:30
Location:
RC28 Social Stratification (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
The crucial role played by education on the process of stratification is very well stablished within the social stratification literature. Recently, a sound debate has emerged on the positional character of education, which cast doubts on the capacity of the educational expansion observed in many countries to reduce inequalities of access to resources and opportunities. This session welcomes papers that bring empirical analysis addressing the positional dimension of education, especially (I) the social-economic returns from schooling within educational expansion contexts; and (II) the inequalities of access to higher educational levels within educational expansion contexts. The session is particularly interested in papers proposing new measures of schooling that take into account its positional character.
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