GIL HERNÁNDEZ , Carlos

This article explores intergenerational class mobility patterns and the role played by education in Spain usingcounterfactuals. Both men and women born from 1926 to 1981 are analysed, meaning the study covers a periodof profound economic and educational advances in a late-industrialised country. The results suggest that, amongthe cohorts born...

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Teachers are the evaluators of academic merit. Identifying if their assessments are fair or biased by student-ascribed status is critical for equal opportunity but empirically challenging, with mixed previous findings. We test status characteristics beliefs, statistical discrimination, and cultural capital theories with a pre-registered...