The terrain of gender inequalities in education has seen much change in recent decades. This
article reviews the empirical research and theoretical perspectives on gender inequalities …

In a few short decades, the gender gap in college completion has reversed from favoring
men to favoring women. This study, which is the first to assess broadly the causes of the …

▪ Abstract This review examines research on education and inequality in developing regions.
In tracing the progress of this field of inquiry, it focuses on empirical studies of educational …

… Claudia Buchmann is professor of sociology at ohio State university. … in one of our first
published papers on this topic (Buchmann and diprete 2006), we argued that failure to analyze the …

Research in the United States has found that peers and parents play an important role in
shaping students' educational aspirations. Little research has examined the extent to which …

Cross-national research finds that “shadow education”—educational activities outside of
formal schooling—tends to confer advantages on already privileged students. Shadow …

Among development agencies, conventional wisdom holds that educational expansion
improves economic welfare and health, reduces inequalities, and encourages democratic …

Abstract Analysis of March Current Population Survey data from 1964 through 2002 shows
that white women overtook white men in their rates of college completion and that this …

This article combines status attainment research with research on values and beliefs to
understand educational stratification in Kenya. With household survey data, I examine the impact …

In all societies, the family plays a crucial role in shaping the educational experiences and
achievement of children and the transmission of status from one generation to the next. …