‘Persistence of the social’: The role of cognitive ability in mediating the effects of social origins on educational attainment in Britain

In this paper, we address two research questions on the basis of the series of British birth cohort studies. First, how large is the part played by cognitive ability in mediating the association that exists between individuals’ educational attainment and their social origins, and is there evidence o...

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Hauptverfasser: Bourne, M, Bukodi, E, Betthäuser, BA, Goldthorpe, J
Format: Journal article
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2018