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Educational Expansion and Field of Study: Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Inequality in the Netherlands
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Kraaykamp, Gerbert; Tolsma, Jochem; Wolbers, Maarten H. J. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
In this paper we study to what extent parental field of study affects a person's educational level and field of study. We employ information on 8800 respondents from the Family Survey Dutch Population (1992-2009). Our results first of all show that, over the last five decades, economic fields of study have become more fashionable among men. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
"Go, Go on and Go Higher an' Higher". Second-Generation Turks' Understanding of the Role of Education and Their Struggle through the Dutch School System
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Pasztor, Adel – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
With reference to capital theories and rational choice theory, this paper aims to understand how abilities and schooling ambitions are intertwined with social class, gender and ethnicity. By drawing on 16 in-depth interviews carried out with highly educated second-generation Turks in the Netherlands, the paper discusses the resources,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Educational Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Role of Education