Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability:
The Decline of the Social
By Gary N. Marks
2013, 292 pages, ISBN 978-0-415-84246-4
This book is about the reproduction of educational and
socioeconomic inequalities in economically developed
(OECD) countries. It finds much empirical support for
modernisation theories: the effects of socioeconomic
background on educational, occupational and
economic outcomes are weaker than generally believed,
weaker in more economically developed countries and
tend to be declining over time. Furthermore, cognitive
ability is substantially important to educational and
subsequent socioeconomic outcomes.
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