Very few studies on intergenerational achievement consider the high correlation between
separate measures of parental socioeconomic position and possible life course variation in …

With the growing possibilities for conducting web surveys, researchers increasingly use
such surveys to recruit student samples for research purposes in a wide array of social …

In a few short decades, the gender gap in college completion has reversed from favoring
men to favoring women. This study, which is the first to assess broadly the causes of the …

Conventional social mobility research, which measures family social class background
relative to only fathers' characteristics, presents an outmoded picture of families—a picture …

This article tests whether the Breen–Goldthorpe model offers an empirically valid prediction
of educational decisions and a complete explanation of how they are affected by social …

In this study, we examined changes in the early home learning environment as children
approached school entry and whether these changes predicted the development of …

This paper utilizes OECD's original PISA 2012 dataset to investigate the impact of access to
ICT, student background and school/home environment on academic performance of …

Are socioeconomic inequalities in education declining? Is socioeconomic background
becoming less important for people's occupational class or status? How important is …

Dissertation of the University of Utrecht Volunteer work, membership of voluntary
associations, philanthropy and donation of blood and organs are studied by scholars from a …

Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this
fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people's lives …