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Stymied Mobility or Temporary Lull? The Puzzle of Lagging Hispanic College Degree Attainment
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Alon, Sigal; Domina, Thurston; Tienda, Marta – Social Forces, 2010
We assess the intergenerational educational mobility of recent cohorts of high school graduates to consider whether Hispanics' lagging postsecondary attainment reflects a temporary lull due to immigration of low education parents or a more enduring pattern of unequal transmission of social status relative to whites. Using data from three national…
Descriptors: Social Status, Educational Attainment, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies