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The role of education in intergenerational social mobility: Problems from empirical research in sociology and some theoretical pointers from economics

Goldthorpe, John H·2014·Rationality and Society

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Insofar as research into intergenerational social mobility and its mediation via education has had any theoretical context, this has been provided by the functionalist theory of industrial and post-industrial society. However, the inadequacies of this theory have become increasingly apparent, and rather little appeal to it is now in fact made. Yet no alternative body of theory has emerged. I propose that in developing the micro-level theory that is needed, sociologists could, with advantage, adapt to their own purposes theories originating in the economics of labour markets and, in particular, three theories in some degree deviating from mainstream human capital theory: screening and signalling theory; job competition theory; and incentive-enhancing preference theory. In this way, explanations for findings going contrary to expectations under the functionalist theory can be advanced that can already be provided with some degree of empirical support and that will be readily open to further testing.

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Authors: Goldthorpe, J. H.
Affiliations: University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author: Goldthorpe, John H
ORCID: Goldthorpe, John H
Venue: Rationality and Society
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2014-07-22
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Pages: 265-289
ISSN: 1043-4631 (ISSN-L)
1461-7358
DOI: 10.1177/1043463113519068
OpenAlex: W2144514757
Cited by: 142
References: 99
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 9
FWCI: 22.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Rationality and Society (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ES/I038187/1)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Capital and Social Class
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Keywords: intergenerational mobility, education, human capital theory, functionalist theory, labor market theory, post-industrial society

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The role of education in intergenerational social mobility: Problems from empirical research in sociology and some theoretical pointers from economics

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