The Pivotal Roles of Education in Intergenerational Social Mobility in OECD Countries
Intergenerational mobility in education,occupation,and income has been declining in most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)countries in the 21st century.They exhibited various extents of sticky floors at the bottom and sticky ceilings at the top,which caused serious concerns in the academic and policy arena.Theoretical and empirical research attributed this consequence to education,especially higher education,playing the pivotal role in connecting micro,middle,and macro levels of factors affecting intergenerational social mobility.Best practices of promoting intergenerational mobility ranged from ensuring equality of opportunities in higher education,universally free early intervention policies,late tracking policies,diversified school level interventions,to allocation of educational expenditures and income redistributive and support policies.
intergenerational social mobilityintergenerational educational mobilityOECDpolicy instruments
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