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In, Jung; Breen, Richard – Sociology of Education, 2023
U.S. studies have found that stratified graduate education accounts for most of the relatively strong intergenerational socioeconomic association among postgraduate degree holders. The same association has been observed, but not explained, in countries with higher education systems that differ from that of the United States. We explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study, College Graduates
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Leker, Laura; Ponthiere, Gregory – Education Economics, 2015
Following Ben-Porath [1967. "The Production of Human Capital and the Life-Cycle of Earnings." "Journal of Political Economy" 75 (3): 352-365], the influence of life expectancy on education and on human capital has attracted much attention among growth theorists. Whereas existing growth models rely on an education decision made…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Expectation, Educational Attainment, Decision Making