This paper provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work on the Great Gatsby
Curve, the positive empirical relationship between cross-sectional income inequality, and …

The extent and causes of trends and cross-national variation in social class and
occupational status mobility have been major topics of sociological research for decades …

This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on
the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps …

Background Research on predictors of test anxiety has focused primarily on the role of
psychological factors and the proximal environment. However, the role of the broader socio …

Grouping students by 'ability'is a topic of long-standing contention in English education
policy, research and practice. While policy-makers have frequently advocated the practice …

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the
pandemic, 258 million children and youth of primary-and secondary-school age were out of …

What makes countries rich? What makes countries poor? Europe's Growth Champion:
Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland seeks to answer these questions, and many …

The UK government has expressed a desire to increase social mobility, with policies to help
achieve this aim focused on reducing inequalities in educational attainment. This paper …

Finance is an inescapable part of American life. From how one pursues an education, buys
a home, runs a business, or saves for retirement, finance orders the lives of ordinary …

We reassess the relation between students' socioeconomic status (SES) and their
achievement by treating SES as multidimensional instead of unidimensional. We use data …