Education and Social Mobility: New Analytical Approaches
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Education and Social Mobility: New Analytical Approaches. / Breen, Richard; Karlson, Kristian Bernt.
In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, 02.2014, p. 107-118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Education and Social Mobility: New Analytical Approaches
AU - Breen, Richard
AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - This paper develops tools for measuring the role of education in intergenerational social class mobility. Sociologists have long sought a method of decomposing the log odds ratios involving class origins and destinations into a direct part and an indirect part mediated by education. Drawing on recent work we first present such method and, secondly, suggest ways in which researchers might summarize the mediating role played by education. We apply these methods to examine whether or not education has come to play an increasing role in intergenerational social class mobility in Britain during the 20th century. Our results suggest that the mediating role of education did not change across the 20th century: roughly half of the association between class origins and destinations is mediated via educational attainment.
AB - This paper develops tools for measuring the role of education in intergenerational social class mobility. Sociologists have long sought a method of decomposing the log odds ratios involving class origins and destinations into a direct part and an indirect part mediated by education. Drawing on recent work we first present such method and, secondly, suggest ways in which researchers might summarize the mediating role played by education. We apply these methods to examine whether or not education has come to play an increasing role in intergenerational social class mobility in Britain during the 20th century. Our results suggest that the mediating role of education did not change across the 20th century: roughly half of the association between class origins and destinations is mediated via educational attainment.
U2 - 10.1093/esr/jct025
DO - 10.1093/esr/jct025
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 107
EP - 118
JO - European Sociological Review
JF - European Sociological Review
SN - 0266-7215
IS - 1
ER -
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