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Robinson, Robert V.; Garnier, Maurice A. – American Journal of Sociology, 1985
A survey of employed men and women in France showed that French reproduction theory has overstated the role of education in reproducing class advantage from generation to generation. Education serves less as a reproducer of class advantage than as a vehicle of mobility into managerial positions. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education