Galindo-Rueda, Fernando; Vignoles, Anna - 2003
In a meritocratic society an individual's economic success is determined by their ability, not by their parents' socio …-economic status. We assess whether meritocracy has increased in both the British education system and labour market. The richness of … our longitudinal data enables us to look at the complex inter-relationship between social class, ability, education and …
