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Direct linkJacob, Marita – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
In a recent paper on gender inequality in higher education Buchman and DiPrete (2006) assume that the decrease in the gender gap in college completion in the US can partly be explained by changes in the allocation of familial resources in favour of women. However, they do not test this hypothesis empirically. In this paper I examine the effects of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Working Class, Siblings, Daughters
Lehmann, Wolfgang – Journal of Youth Studies, 2004
Despite late modernity and risk society discourses about the decreasing influence of structural factors on educational and occupational attainment, it has also been argued that socio-economic background and gender continue to influence individuals' school-work transitions. Comparing youth apprentices and academic high school students in Canada and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Class, Social Structure, Socioeconomic Background
