It is widely believed that countries with greater levels of income inequality also have lower
levels of intergenerational mobility. This relationship, known as the Great Gatsby Curve …

Imagined futures, once a vital topic of theoretical inquiry within the sociology of culture, have
been sidelined in recent decades. Rational choice models cannot explain the seemingly …

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

Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive
immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of adolescent career plans reported in PISA
2006. Its main focus is on the differences in the status and area of employment expected by …

In uncertain economic times, who are those young adults that show positive expectations
about their economic future? And who are those who worry? Based on previous stratification …

This article employs Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital to examine the social class
differences in the expectations relating to higher education among parents and students in …

In this article, we investigate whether adolescent girls are more determined to enter
professional careers compared to boys across countries. To this end, we analyse the data …

This article examines the dynamics underlying contemporary South‐North population
displacements and the common gaps between public perceptions of the phenomenon and …

Given ongoing interest in increasing productivity and participation in the workforce,
understanding when talent is lost is a useful exercise. The term" lost talent" describes the …