Stratification in Early Childhood and Achievements in the Life Course

The organizers of RC28’s activities in the ISA’s 2023 Congress invite submissions of research papers concerning the association between the socio-economic family characteristics of children in the early childhood, and their achievements later in the life course. Disparities in cognitive and non-cognitive development, between children belonging to different socioeconomic strata appear in early childhood. Some researchers argue that these gaps expand from early childhood to early adolescence. Others argue that affluence in adolescence can compensate for deprivilege experienced earlier in life. Scholars working on research that addresses these and similar hypotheses are encouraged to submit their abstract to the session on Stratification in Early Childhood and Achievements in the Life Course.