Educational Systems, Intergenerational Mobility and Social Segmentation

We show that the very characteristics of educational systems generate social segmentation. A stylised educational framework is constructed in which everyone receives a compulsory basic education and can subsequently choose between direct working, vocational studies and university. There is a selecti...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Chusseau, Joël Hellier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2011-12-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
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Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979201102/182429792011080204.pdf