Black-White Trends in Intergenerational Educational Mobility: A Positional Analysis
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Black-White Trends in Intergenerational Educational Mobility : A Positional Analysis. / Karlson, Kristian Bernt.
In: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 128, No. 6, 2023, p. 1597-1649.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Black-White Trends in Intergenerational Educational Mobility
T2 - A Positional Analysis
AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article examines black-white differences in intergenerational educational mobility for cohorts born in the U.S. 1915-1984. Using a novel mobility measure based on relative educational positions, the author compares racial mobility flows across the entire schooling distribution. The empirical analysis reveals widespread equalization among blacks and whites in upward mobility out of the bottom of the schooling distribution, but widespread persistence in black disadvantage in downward mobility out of the top of the schooling distribution. These findings are consistent with a pattern of differentially maintained educational advantage, suggesting a lasting significance of race among well-educated families. The author presents some possible explanations for these findings and discusses how they align with reported black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility.
AB - This article examines black-white differences in intergenerational educational mobility for cohorts born in the U.S. 1915-1984. Using a novel mobility measure based on relative educational positions, the author compares racial mobility flows across the entire schooling distribution. The empirical analysis reveals widespread equalization among blacks and whites in upward mobility out of the bottom of the schooling distribution, but widespread persistence in black disadvantage in downward mobility out of the top of the schooling distribution. These findings are consistent with a pattern of differentially maintained educational advantage, suggesting a lasting significance of race among well-educated families. The author presents some possible explanations for these findings and discusses how they align with reported black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility.
U2 - 10.1086/724884
DO - 10.1086/724884
M3 - Journal article
VL - 128
SP - 1597
EP - 1649
JO - American Journal of Sociology
JF - American Journal of Sociology
SN - 0002-9602
IS - 6
ER -
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