Research on the effects of exposure to economic inequality has primarily focused on adults
in their everyday lives. In this review, we argue that these effects extend to children and …

This chapter reviews international comparative studies on the determinants of
socioeconomic inequality in student performance. We were interested in studies of …

Social scientists have found income inequality is associated with an array of health and
social problems, however the implications of income inequality for education are the subject …

Inequality is perpetuated, in part, by the psychological and behavioral tendencies that arise
from the social context of inequality. Cognitive biases lead most people to see themselves …

Competitiveness and cooperativeness are important predictors of social and learning
outcomes at school. Drawing on evidence suggesting that contexts with high income …

This paper combines data on family, school, neighborhood, and city contexts with survey
data from the Year 9 (n= 2,193) and Year 15 (n= 2, 236) Fragile Families and Child …

Despite similar educational aspirations, black students persist in higher education at much
lower rates than white undergraduates. This paper advances a theoretical explanation for …

The relationship between socio-economic status and school achievement is well
documented and extensive literature indicates that students from more advantaged …

Economic inequality has been of considerable interest to academics, citizens, and
politicians worldwide for the past decade–and while economic inequality has attracted a …

We describe changes over time in inequality in postsecondary education using nearly
seventy years of data from the US Census and the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal …