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Blanca Mendoza; Jordi Pàmies; Marta Bertran – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
This article examines the relationship between the upward educational and social mobility processes of young men and women of Moroccan descent in Catalonia, Spain. Through data obtained from two ethnographic research projects and life stories, we analyse and compare the experiences of twenty-four young men and women of Moroccan descent who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Social Mobility, Educational Mobility
Dubois, Julie – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
This paper uses the theory of human capital to model post-secondary education enrolment decisions. The model is based on the assumption that high school graduates assess the costs and benefits associated with various levels of post-secondary education (college or university) and select the option that maximizes the expected net present value.…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Marital Status, High School Graduates, Foreign Countries