Stratification researchers have reported that the relationship between family background and socio-economic outcomes drops to near zero for individuals who have a baccalaureate degree, leading one scholar to conclude that "This...provides a new answer to the old question about overcoming disadvantaged origins. A college degree can do it." We present contrary evidence from two nationally representative samples of college graduates: the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1993 and 2008. There are substantial income differences between graduates from different family backgrounds that can be observed both four and 10 years after graduation. These class-related gaps persist after controlling for college selectivity, major, and academi...
A college degree is widely thought to level the playing field for students from different social cla...
Chetty et al. (2014) show that children from low-income families achieve much better adult outcomes,...
Advanced degrees holders are becoming increasingly commonplace in American society, as well as at th...
In this study, we attempt to simultaneously estimate family origin’s effects on college graduates’ o...
Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerat...
Previous research has shown that the intergenerational transmission of advantage disappears once ind...
Education—and in particular higher education—is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For th...
While income inequality among college graduates is well documented, inequality in occupational statu...
Drawing on the primary/secondary effects perspective of educational inequality, this mixed methods s...
Education—and in particular higher education—is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For th...
The literature on social stratification has paid considerable attention to whether and to what exten...
This paper examines the long-term association of family socioeconomic status (SES), educational, and...
What is the economic return to attending college? The earnings gap between college and high school g...
Research on stratification and mobility has consistently shown that in the UK there is a direct impa...
Since the 80s in the U.S., we show that there are more upward mobilities (i) in educational attainme...
A college degree is widely thought to level the playing field for students from different social cla...
Chetty et al. (2014) show that children from low-income families achieve much better adult outcomes,...
Advanced degrees holders are becoming increasingly commonplace in American society, as well as at th...
In this study, we attempt to simultaneously estimate family origin’s effects on college graduates’ o...
Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerat...
Previous research has shown that the intergenerational transmission of advantage disappears once ind...
Education—and in particular higher education—is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For th...
While income inequality among college graduates is well documented, inequality in occupational statu...
Drawing on the primary/secondary effects perspective of educational inequality, this mixed methods s...
Education—and in particular higher education—is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For th...
The literature on social stratification has paid considerable attention to whether and to what exten...
This paper examines the long-term association of family socioeconomic status (SES), educational, and...
What is the economic return to attending college? The earnings gap between college and high school g...
Research on stratification and mobility has consistently shown that in the UK there is a direct impa...
Since the 80s in the U.S., we show that there are more upward mobilities (i) in educational attainme...
A college degree is widely thought to level the playing field for students from different social cla...
Chetty et al. (2014) show that children from low-income families achieve much better adult outcomes,...
Advanced degrees holders are becoming increasingly commonplace in American society, as well as at th...