Educational Credentials and Socio-economic Status Attainment

Educational Attainment and Economic Development in India

Article History Received: 30 June 2017 Revised: 2 August 2017 Accepted: 10 August 2017 Published: 22 August 2017

How Economic Segregation Affects Children’s Educational Attainment

Economic segregation increased in the United States between 1970 and 1990. Three hypotheses suggest that this would affect low-income children’s educational attainment. The political economy of school funding and predicts that economically segregated school districts reduce the educational attainment of low-income children. Two other hypotheses emphasize the effect of inequality within neighbor...

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Income Inequality, Economic Segregation and Children’s Educational Attainment

Households became more geographically segregated by income in the United States between 1970 and 1990. Research shows that growing up in a poor neighborhood is associated with worse outcomes for children. This suggests that economic segregation may be harmful to children. Economic inequality also increased between 1970 and 1980. Theoretical arguments suggest that the increase in inequality led ...

Economic inequality and educational attainment across a generation

It is now clear that the century-long improvement in educational attainment in the United States slowed or declined over the same period during which economic inequality increased. Our research posed questions about the possible relationships between these trends. We asked: Does the increase in economic inequality among families and neighborhoods impede or enhance the overall level of schooling...