There is a common speech giving school education a main role for equality of opportunities and social mobility. However, it seems that school may have a limited effect facing parenthood styles, social class and cultural capital of parents.
Daron Acemoglu, 2022. "Obedience in the Labour Market and Social Mobility: A Socioeconomic Approach," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 89(S1), pages 2-37, June.
Following the classical positions of Boudon (1974) and even more Bourdieu (1986; Bourdieu & Passeron 1990), the family plays a crucial role in social mobility, especially regarding social capital (to meet the requirements of the education system) and decisions regarding education careers, and thus social, cultural, and economic outcomes of that education.
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Boudon, R. (1974). Education, Opportunity, and Social Inequality. Changing Prospects in Western Society. New York: Wiley.
Bourdieu, P. (1986). The Forms of Capital. In J. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education (S. 241–258). Greenwood.
Bourdieu, P., & Passeron, J.-C. (1990). Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture (2. Ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd.
Guillermo López Franco Family plays a significant role in shaping a child's education opportunities and social mobility. Parenting styles, social class, and cultural capital all impact a child's access to educational resources and opportunities, which can in turn shape their future opportunities and social mobility. While school is often seen as the key to equality of opportunity and social mobility, these other factors cannot be ignored and can have a substantial influence.
according to Waldfogel, J. (2004). Social mobility, life chances, and the early years. LSE STICERD Research Paper No. CASE088. its widely agreed that the family is essential in early stages of growth in shaping the social mobility of the children. upon joining school some of this changes completely and to some partially. This aspect of change is a big question as there is no established degree of change as social change has no equal degree of measurement.
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