Als hilfreiche analytische Unterscheidung hinsichtlich der Ursachen für sozialeUngleichheiten bei Bildungszugang und -erfolg hat sich die Unterscheidung desfranzösischen Soziologen Raymond Boudon (Boudon 1974) zwischen primärenund sekundären Herkunftseffekten in der wissenschaftlichen und...

Self-employment for disabled people is significant from anumber of different policy perspectives:• promoting entrepreneurship among disadvantagedgroups (one of the aims of the SmallBusiness Service),• narrowing the gap in employment rates betweendisabled people and the rest of the population...

Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda. Other-regarding preferences may also affect support for redistribution, but knowledge about their distribution in the broader population and how they are associated with political...