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Compensatory Advantage as a Mechanism of Educational Inequality: A Regression Discontinuity Based on Month of Birth
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Bernardi, Fabrizio – Sociology of Education, 2014
Compensatory advantage is a mechanism of social stratification that complements cumulative advantage and path dependence. In this article, I first discuss the theoretical foundations of the compensatory advantage and path dependence mechanisms and the methodological challenges that complicate identification of their effects. Next, I present a…
Descriptors: Social Stratification, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students