
Were They Pushed Or Did They Jump?
Individual Decision Mechanisms In Education
Diego Gambetta(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-0-367-21630-6 (ISBN)
Description
Like few other decisions in life, educational choices must be made by virtually every-one growing up in industrial societies. The consequences of these choices for individual lives are momentous, yet decisions about schooling can be treacherous. They are made during the teen years, at a time when personal preferences are unstable and there is littl
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-21630-6 (9780367216306)
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"Diego Gambetta is reader in sociology and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
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Content
Preface -- Introduction -- The theoretical question -- Institutional constraints and educational choices -- Were they pushed? -- Or did they jump? -- Conclusions -- The high school pupils survey -- The youth unemployment survey -- Independent variables -- Logit models: summary tables