Education and Intergenerational Mobility

Friday, 11 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES007 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC28 Social Stratification (host committee)

Language: English

This session invites papers exploring the interplay between class origin, education, and class destination, commonly referred to as the OED triangle. Examples of relevant topics include investigating the role of education in intergenerational mobility, evaluating the hypothesis of college as the great equalizer, and examining heterogeneous returns to college education by class origin.
Session Organizer:
Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan
Oral Presentations
The Origins and Consequences of Selective College Attendance through a Genetic Lens: The Effects of Social Background and Genetic Endowment on College Selectivity and Earnings
Dalton CONLEY, Princeton University, USA; Fumiya UCHIKOSHI, Princeton University, United States
Educational Reproduction across the Life Course: Timing, Fertility, and Status Transmission
Vanessa WITTEMANN, University of Cologne, Germany; Jan SKOPEK, European University Institute, Italy
To What Extent Does Reducing Educational Inequality Decrease Occupational Inequality By Social Origins: A Causal Decomposition Analysis
Sho FUJIHARA, The University of Tokyo, Japan
The Interplay between Education and Digital Skills in Shaping Social Mobility: An International Comparative Perspective
Janine JONGBLOED, CNRS/ENS de Lyon, France; Estelle HERBAUT, CNRS, France
Today’s Traces of the Highly (Dis)Advantaged in 1880. Examining SES Outcomes Among Descendants Using a Prospective Multigenerational Design
Elien DALMAN, Stockholm University, Sweden; Per ENGZELL, United Kingdom; Martin HÄLLSTEN, Stockholm University, Sweden; Martin KOLK, Stockholm University Demography Unit, Sweden
Distributed Papers
Socioeconomic Biases in Education Explained: How Teachers, Parents, and Pupils Contribute to Tracking Decisions
Mette NIKKESSEN, European University Institute, Italy
Changing Choices? Primary and Secondary Effects through Times of Educational Contraction
Lotta LINTUNEN, European University Institute, Italy
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