..., this research uses life story interviews supplemented with targeted questions to gain deeper insights into the expectations of young people. Findings The findings demonstrate that young adults’ expectations are influenced by their educational experiences, peer interactions, family support and broader...

...Tahir Hussain Ansari; Ziaul Islam Ansari; Waseem Ahmad Khan Purpose It is widely recognized that the relationship between income level, income inequality, and the impact of public goods on health and education is complex and mutually dependent. Yet, existing studies often fail to capture how...

... the employment position of single mothers as a dependent variable. Time-series cross-national data from 18 OECD countries between 1998 and 2017 are analyzed. Multilevel model analysis is also used for robustness check. Findings I find that public spending on education and family support is positively...

..., regardless of age, lower labour market attachment increases the risk of work-related benefit receipt in the exit year. The authors also find evidence that gender, migration status and childhood socioeconomic disadvantages may represent obstacles to longer working lives, while high education is a consistent...

...@gmail.com 13 12 2019 13 08 2020 01 09 2020 02 09 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Migration Child migrants Migrant workers Undocumented Education The culture of large-scale migration of Cambodians...

... of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Human Resource Development Department of the Asia–Pacific and others. Findings It was found that the level of academic mobility rises with the rising level of education. The overall mobility of tertiary students – in particular, students...

... of demographics factors on risk aversion. Moreover, financial literacy moderates the relationships between risk aversion and saving behavior. The major limitation of this research is the small size of the study sample. This paper is restricted to French households. Future financial education training...

... on physical recreation and the structural distribution of spending over the years 1985-2012 in Finland linked to various contextual factors including education level, income and area of residence. The study uses Statistics Finland’s consumption research data in a quantitative analysis toward adding...

...; in addition, the effect of women’s education on work-value orientations is stronger in countries with more conservative national cultures, suggesting that education may help women overcome social barriers in the choice of their work-career preference. While values may shape work-family orientations...

... 1990 due to education and economic factors. During the same period, a shift is observed from joint family system to nuclear one. Social implications – Policy makers might consider various social trends to manage changes in a traditional society. Originality/value – This paper focusses...

...Deepa Gokulsing; Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of women in the small island economy by focussing on the education sector and labour market access. First, we analyse the educational path of women in Mauritius and second we examine the labour...

... that are not educationally related. One such group of factors for example relate to familial social capital resources which are mobilized to materialize educational credentials. While probably all recognize that university education will continue to expand in Europe and that it seems to be a necessity in a constantly...

...Madeleine Leonard; Martina McKnight; Spyros Spyrou; Erik van Ommering Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to understanding the interrelationships between education and violent conflict, namely, one that focuses on the multifaceted, context‐specific impact of conflict...

... limited and unstable both because of ideological contradictions and ambiguities and because of children's access to alternative knowledge. Research limitations/implications Though the ethnographic evidence suggests that nationalism in educational contexts produces powerful senses of belonging among...

...Peter Taylor‐Gooby Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how factors including class position, education, social network membership and cultural capital contribute to the intergenerational transmission of class advantage for women and men in different European welfare states. Design...

...Stephen J. Ball Purpose The paper aims to develop a case for re‐considering the role of schools in education policy. The argument is made that considerable amounts of the variation in pupil performance may in fact derive from factors based on variations in parents' ability to buy‐in support...

... of educational outcomes and processes, fosters a culture of ‘blaming’ schools for failing their students and downplays the importance of social class as a determinant of student achievement” (Sammons, 2007 , p. 9). This is not, of course, merely a theoretical or methodological critique. It is also a critique...

..., proven ways of combating forms and conditions of work that are genuinely likely to cause harm, and to promoting access to education. Originality/value This paper contributes towards introducing more appropriate policy on children's work. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Children...

... was undertaken. Findings The paper concludes with questioning the exclusive conceptualisation of the pupils' firms as educational projects within school and renders problematic their emphasis on providing business ideas and management skills. The paper argues for more reflection on the wider social...

...Paul Lambert; Miriam E. David Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between social and gender inequalities and how they have been studied over the last 30 years. What have we learned, as academic sociologists in higher education, about how the socio‐cultural context...