The essays in this collection report on recent research regarding the question of how education shapes occupational attainment. Data from thirteen different countries is examined by a variety of sociological and educational experts. Presenting a wealth of information on schools and school systems around the globe, the contributors also offer rigorous statistical analyses of the associations between qualifications and jobs.
The essays in this collection report on recent research regarding the question of how education shapes occupational attainment. Data from thirteen dif...
The mass expansion of higher education is one of the most important social transformations of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, scholars from 15 countries, representing Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Israel, Australia, and the United States, assess the links between this expansion and inequality in the national context. Contrary to most expectations, the authors show that as access to higher education expands, all social classes benefit. Neither greater diversification nor privatization in higher education results in greater inequality. In some cases, especially...
The mass expansion of higher education is one of the most important social transformations of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, ...
