thereafter. Models of the determination of income and poverty reveal widening differentials by education, sex and party …

In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increases in education acquisition by people from relatively rich family backgrounds. At the same time, wage differentials for … the more educated have risen. Putting these two together (more education for people from richer backgrounds and an …

education characteristic of the pre-reform era has given rise to substantial inequality in access to higher levels of education …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …

In the public discourse, education is usually considered as the main vehicle for the promotion of social equality and … social mobility. The paper surveys the existing literature and concludes that the relationship between education and … inequality in Greece is strong. Inequities are evident at all levels of the education system; especially as regards access to the …

-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …

initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …