Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Title

Title:Economists in government bureaucracies Author(s):CHRISTENSEN, JohanDate:2018Citation:Haldor BYRKJEFLOT and Fredrik ENGELSTAD (eds), Bureaucracy and society in transition : comparative perspectives, Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2018, Comparative social research ; 33, pp. 139-156Type:Contribution to book

Title:The Economy and the Vote: Electoral Responses to Economic Conditions in Fifteen Countries Author(s):VAN DER BRUG, Wouter; VAN DER EIJK, Cees; FRANKLIN, Mark N.Date:2007Citation:New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007Type:Book

Title:The Economy as a Polity: The Political Constitution of Contemporary Capitalism Editor(s):JOERGES, Christian; STRATH, Bo; WAGNER, PeterDate:2005Citation:London, UCL, 2005Type:Book

Title:Economy, ecology and the state: globalization and sustainable development in Brazil Author(s):DE CAMPOS MELLO, ValeriaDate:1998Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1998Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis

Title:Editorial Author(s):KENNEALY, PeterDate:2006Citation:European Political Science (EPS), 2006, 5, 4, 337-340Type:Article

Title:Editorial Author(s):KENNEALY, PeterDate:2005Citation:European political science EPS, 2005, 4, 4, 371-373Type:Article

Title:Editorial: Einführung in das Schwerpunktthemenheft Frühe Förderung in der Familie Author(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

; ROSSBACH, Hans-GüntherDate:2012Citation:Zeitschrift für Familienforschung/Journal of Family Research, 2012, 24, 2, 112-114Type:Article

Title:Education and active labour market policy complementarities in promoting employment : reinforcement, substitution and compensation Author(s):PLAVGO, Ilze

Date:2023Citation:Social policy and administration, 2023, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 235-253Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper theorises and empirically assesses how education and active labour market policy (ALMP) relate to each other in shaping individuals' employment chances in Europe. It provides a theoretical base for assessing ...

Title:Education and health across lives, cohorts, and countries : a study of cumulative (dis)advantage in Germany, Sweden, and the United States Author(s):LEOPOLD, Liliya

Date:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Version:Chapter 2 ‘Cumulative disadvantage in an egalitarian country? Socioeconomic Health Disparities over the Life Course in Sweden' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as an article 'Cumulative advantage in an egalitarian country? : socioeconomic health disparities over the life course in Sweden' (2016) in the journal ‘Journal of health and social behavior’Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:According to the cumulative (dis)advantage hypothesis, social disparities in health increase over the life course. Evidence on this hypothesis is largely limited to the U.S. context. The present dissertation draws on recent ...

Title:Education and Immigration: A Problematic Dichotomy? Author(s):ALEGRE CANOSA, Miguel AngelDate:2008Citation:Revista de Educacion, 2008, 345, 61-82Type:ArticleAbstract:This article frames in a double-side approach towards what has been considered as a problem as regards the schooling of an increasing number of immigrant students. First, it is necessary to analyse the contribution made ...

Title:Education and physical health trajectories in old age : evidence from the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe (SHARE) Author(s):LEOPOLD, Liliya

; ENGELHARTDT, HenrietteDate:2013Citation:International journal of public health, 2013, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 23-31Type:ArticleAbstract:The model of cumulative inequality predicts that health differences between educational levels increase with age. Using a variety of analytical approaches and measures of health, studies have, however, reported increasing ...

Title:Education as a positional good : implications for social inequalities in educational attainment in Italy Author(s):TRIVENTI, Moris

; PANICHELLA, Nazareno; BALLARINO, Gabriele; BARONE, Carlo; BERNARDI, Fabrizio

Date:2016Citation:Research in social stratification and mobility, 2016, Vol. 43, pp. 39-52Type:ArticleAbstract:The article examines trends of social inequalities in educational attainment in the second half of the twentieth century in Italy, comparing two approaches. The traditional approach uses years of education as a dependent ...

Title:Education as an equalizer for human development? Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; PLAVGO, Ilze

Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:UNDP Background Paper; 2019/04Abstract:This paper examines the potential of education to act as the ‘great equalizer’ and reduce the negative effects of economic inequality on health and other social outcomes, such as crime, educational proficiency and, in ...

Title:Education as the (not so) great equalizer : new evidence based on a parental fixed effect analysis for Spain Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; ARES, MacarenaDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2017/06Abstract:We investigate whether coming from a higher socio-economic background is associated with greater labour market success, net of own achieved education. We replicate previous analyses on the direct effect of social origin, ...

Title:Education as the backbone of inequality - European education policy: constrains and possibilities Author(s):DRONKERS, JaapDate:2008Citation:F. BECKER, K. DUFFEK , and T. MÖRSCHEL (eds), Social Democracy and Education. The European Experience, Berlin /Wien/ Amsterdam, Friederich Ebert Stiftung / Karl Renner Institut / Wiardi Beckman Stichting, 2008, 50-135Type:Contribution to book

Title:Education for all, graduation for some : trends and determinants of intergenerational educational inequality in sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):PLAVGO, Ilze

Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis expands the scope of social stratification research in education to low- and middleincome contexts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It examines how inequality of educational opportunity (IEO) changes as economies ...

Title:Education is the strongest socio-economic predictor of smoking in pregnancy Author(s):HARKONEN, Juho

; LINDBERG, Matti; KARLSSON, Linnea; KARLSSON, Hasse; SCHEININ, Noora M.Date:2018Citation:Addiction, 2018, Vol. 113, No. 6, pp. 1117-1126Type:ArticleAbstract:Aims To investigate socio-economic disparities in smoking in pregnancy (SIP) by the mother's education, occupational class and current economic conditions. Design Cross-sectional analysis with linked survey and register ...

Title:The education of minorities in Bulgaria and Romania : analyzing the formation and articulation of preferences Author(s):KYRIAZI, Anna

Date:2018Citation:Ethnicities, 2018, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 412-433Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates explanations in variation in the education-related preferences of comparable minorities in Bulgaria and Romania (i.e., Turks and Hungarians, respectively) as articulated by political, institutional, ...

Title:Education, modernization and divorce : differences in the effect of women's educational attainment in Sweden, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy Author(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

; HOEM, Jan; DE ROSE, Alessandra; ROHWER, GotzDate:1992Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 1992/17

Title:Education, occupation and social origin : a comparative analysis of the transmission of socio-economic inequalities Editor(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio

; BALLARINO, GabrieleDate:2016Citation:Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016Type:BookAbstract:Questioning the assumption that education is the 'great social equalizer', this book takes a comparative approach to the social origin–education–destination triangle by examining advantage in 14 different countries, including ...