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Volume 4, Issue 1
1 January 1984
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Review Article| January 01 1984

EDUCATION, CLASS AND LABOUR FORCE ENTRY

Sheelagh Drudy
Sheelagh Drudy
Dublin Institute of Technology.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6720
Print ISSN: 0144-333X
© MCB UP Limited
1984
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (1984) 4 (1): 63–78.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012962

The relationship between education, class and labour force entry is examined. The first section reviews some of the ways in which the role of the educational system in industrial societies has been interpreted. The second section presents data on class differences in educational experience, job choice, and the outcome of the transition process.

Keywords: Sociology, Social classes, Education, Labour supply
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