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Diverging Pathways follows the careers of a British birth cohort into early adulthood, presenting a detailed picture of the family backgrounds and the school and early labour force achievements of the cohort. The study portrays how the social arrangements of society's institutions deflect people's achievement patterns. Different kinds of schools, ability groups within schools, and differences between industries and firms lead comparable individuals to achieve at very different levels in society and the book shows that the cumulative effects of being placed in advantaged or disadvantaged locations make their achievements highly divergent in adulthood. The study reports on major career differences between men and women and describes how the interface between post-secondary education and the labour force alters some of the outcomes of elementary and secondary schooling.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Diverging Pathways
• Subtitle: Social Structure and Career Deflections
• Author: Alan C. Kerckhoff
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 280
• EAN: 9780521433976
• ISBN: 0521433975
• ID: 02030740
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 551 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 158 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. June 1993

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