Stratification Theory, Socioeconomic Background, and Educational Attainment: A Formal Analysis Export

@article{citeulike:5955002, abstract = {Three proposals explicate the social origins/education transitions association. Maximally maintained inequality (MMI) (Raftery and Hout 1993) claims the association declines only at transitions high origin persons universally or nearly universally make. Relative risk aversion (RRA) (Breen and Goldthorpe 1997) suggests broader inequality reduction is possible and depends on changing costs and norms. Effectively maintained inequality (EMI) (Lucas 2001) contends meaningful inequality reduction is elusive because qualitatively different types of education maintain consequential inequality, even at universal transitions. Each proposal has evidentiary support, yet because proposals highlight different association indices, most are described informally, and their distinctiveness is disputed, comparative evaluation requires a prior, clarifying, formal analysis. Formal analysis reveals that MMI is non-falsifiable. RRA and EMI are falsifiable and are potentially but not necessarily complementary. Future research should investigate whether and why RRA, EMI, both, or neither, apply. 10.1177/1043463109348987}, author = {Lucas, Samuel R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5955002}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463109348987}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://rss.sagepub.com/content/21/4/459.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://rss.sagepub.com/content/21/4/459.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1043463109348987}, journal = {Rationality and Society}, keywords = {bourdieu, breen, doe, education, goldthorpe, mmi, norms, transitions}, month = {November}, number = {4}, pages = {459--511}, posted-at = {2009-10-17 00:41:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Stratification Theory, Socioeconomic Background, and Educational Attainment: A Formal Analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463109348987}, volume = {21}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5955002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5955002 N2 - Three proposals explicate the social origins/education transitions association. Maximally maintained inequality (MMI) (Raftery and Hout 1993) claims the association declines only at transitions high origin persons universally or nearly universally make. Relative risk aversion (RRA) (Breen and Goldthorpe 1997) suggests broader inequality reduction is possible and depends on changing costs and norms. Effectively maintained inequality (EMI) (Lucas 2001) contends meaningful inequality reduction is elusive because qualitatively different types of education maintain consequential inequality, even at universal transitions. Each proposal has evidentiary support, yet because proposals highlight different association indices, most are described informally, and their distinctiveness is disputed, comparative evaluation requires a prior, clarifying, formal analysis. Formal analysis reveals that MMI is non-falsifiable. RRA and EMI are falsifiable and are potentially but not necessarily complementary. Future research should investigate whether and why RRA, EMI, both, or neither, apply. 10.1177/1043463109348987 IS - 4 JF - Rationality and Society EP - 511 TI - Stratification Theory, Socioeconomic Background, and Educational Attainment: A Formal Analysis VL - 21 SP - 459 KW - bourdieu KW - breen KW - doe KW - education KW - goldthorpe KW - mmi KW - norms KW - transitions AU - Lucas, Samuel PY - 2009/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463109348987 ER -