Education and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Education As a Positional Good

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RC28 Social Stratification (host committee)

Language: English

Session Type: Oral

This session invites papers exploring the relationship among class origin, education, and class destination, commonly referred to as the OED triangle. Examples of relevant topics include investigating the mediating role of education in intergenerational mobility, evaluating the modifying role of education (hypothesis of college as the great equalizer), and examining heterogeneous returns to college education by class origin.
Session Organizers:
Sho FUJIHARA, The University of Tokyo, Japan, sho.fujihara@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Andre SALATA, PUCRS, Brazil, andresalata@gmail.com
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