Gary N Marks

Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability

The decline of the social

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Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges existing ideas by suggesting that it is cognitive ability rather than socioeconomic inequality that leads to long term educational outcomes, adding to the debate between the traditional quantitative methods of sociology and the more accepted qualitative methods today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781138923225
• ISBN-10: 1138923222
• Artikelnr.: 42284039

Autorenporträt

Gary N. Marks is a Principal Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction 2: Theoretical Matters 3: Concepts, Measures and Statistics
4: Cognitive Ability I: Conceptual Issues, Stability and Origins 5:
Cognitive Ability II: Educational Outcomes 6: Cognitive Ability III: Labor
Market Outcomes 7: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Education I: The Strength
of the Relationship 8: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Education II:
Theoretical Explanations 9: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Education III:
Changes over Time 10: Occupational Attainment 11: Reproduction of Economic
Inequalities 12: Conclusions and Discussion