This article provides a comprehensive review of the socio-economic literature on the student
determinants of tertiary education dropout, in order to help research scholars better …

Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes
for many groups has drawn the attention of labor economists for decades—at least since the …

Big data analytics (BDA) are gaining importance in all aspects of business management.
This is driven by both the presence of large-scale data and management's desire to root …

Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World focuses on an issue
that has gotten much attention in the developed world, but will present new data and …

When I started writing this book, I knew I'd need to read piles of research but failed to foresee
the enormity of the piles. Education isn't just a major industry; it inspires researchers' …

Over the past decade social capital has matured from a concept into a field of research. We
identify some of the main theoretical developments over this period and point to some areas …

Building upon extensive research into modern British society, this book traces out trends in
social mobility and their relation to educational inequalities, with surprising results. Contrary …

We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks.
We develop a taxonomy of “macro” and “micro” characteristics of social-interaction networks …

Does the presence of immigrants in one's neighborhood affect voting for far right-wing
parties? We study the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) that, under the leadership …

Who becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders—a pool of
candidates for top political office—and examine how their chances of promotion depend on …