Selvityksessä tarkastellaan suomalaisen peruskoulun ja varhaiskasvatuksen tasa-
arvotilannetta erityisesti sosiaalisten ja alueellisten jakojen tuottamien haasteiden …

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

Citing valid as well as questionable evidence, both the media and social scientists have for
decades now portrayed the family as an endangered species: evermore citizens opt for …

This study examines the conditions under which welfare state policies contribute to an
equalization of the opportunity structure, focusing in particular on Scandinavia. Using data …

This article provides new estimates of the causal effect of cultural capital on academic
achievement. The author analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth …

A relatively neglected problem is how individuals derive social capital from more than one
context and the extent to which they benefit from the capital in each. We examine whether …

Contrary to the general perception, the United States has a much more class-bound society
than other wealthy countries. The chance of upward mobility for Americans is just half that of …

One strand of educational inequality research aims at decomposing the effect of social class
origin on educational choices into primary and secondary effects. We formalize this …

The authors draw on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction to develop a formal
model of the pathways through which cultural capital acts to enhance children's educational …

This article argues that existing studies on cultural capital and educational success fail to
distinguish the different channels through which cultural capital promotes educational …