TY - ABST

T1 - The Making and Unmaking of Educational Opportunity: Intergenerational Educational Mobility in 20th Century-Denmark

AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt

AU - Landersø, Rasmus

N1 - Session title: 2.1 Social origins of educational outcomes 2

PY - 2020/9

Y1 - 2020/9

N2 - We study intergenerational educational mobility over a century during which the comprehensive Danish welfare state was rolled out. While mobility was low early in the 20th century,schooling reforms benefiting children from disadvantaged backgrounds led to dramatic increasesin mobility for cohorts born in the 1940s through the 1960s. However, despite highly progressive education policies, the college and university expansion affecting cohorts born in the 1970sand 1980s has mainly benefited children from affluent backgrounds, leading to rapidly declining mobility. Moreover, the link between schooling and skills has changed over the century,with non-cognitive skills becoming an increasingly important component.

AB - We study intergenerational educational mobility over a century during which the comprehensive Danish welfare state was rolled out. While mobility was low early in the 20th century,schooling reforms benefiting children from disadvantaged backgrounds led to dramatic increasesin mobility for cohorts born in the 1940s through the 1960s. However, despite highly progressive education policies, the college and university expansion affecting cohorts born in the 1970sand 1980s has mainly benefited children from affluent backgrounds, leading to rapidly declining mobility. Moreover, the link between schooling and skills has changed over the century,with non-cognitive skills becoming an increasingly important component.

M3 - Conference abstract for conference

T2 - 5th IZA Workshop: The Economics of Education

Y2 - 23 September 2020 through 25 September 2020

ER -