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July 31, 2025

Education as a leveller? Early-life schooling and its relationship with socioeconomic background, social mobility and life-histories in a historic cohort from the Isles of Scilly, UK

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RLRosie LayfieldEPErik PostmaJWJane Wills

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Historical data shows education boosts socioeconomic status and life outcomes, highlighting the role of social mobility.

Key Points

  • Limited evidence supports that parental socioeconomic status directly affects educational attainment.
  • Increased years of education correlate with higher adult socioeconomic status and greater fertility rates.
  • The study utilized historical data from the Isles of Scilly to analyze educational and socioeconomic links.
  • Findings suggest improved access to education can reduce disparities linked to parental socioeconomic status.

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Layfield et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a094be6551bb0af8cf234https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ckys7_v1
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