This book, Social capital and social justice, is a collection of chapters based on the papers presented at the workshop. These chapters are grouped into two parts: measuring and applying social capital in public policy; and the application of social capital discourse and policy. The book...

Data from the Australian Twins Survey are analyzed in order to compare the relative importance of the role of family background as a mediating influence on the relationship between schooling and income for males and females. The analysis reveals that family background is a considerably greater...