In what way did Jencks and his colleagues at Harvard extend the work on social mobility by Blau and Duncan?
What will be an ideal response?
They were able to reduce the unexplained variance in the prediction of son’s occupation (SES) but further complicated matters by adding an outcome variable that went one step beyond SES: son’s earnings. They found that the resemblance between brothers, or total family background, explained almost half the variance in occupational status of men, but less than a third of the variance in their earnings.
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A) superego B) id C) ego D) libido
The United States has one of the lowest rates of voter turnout in the industrialized world
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), where did nearly all of the growth in employment in Mexico occur?
a. in rapidly industrializing agricultural regions south of the Mexican capital b. in the maquiladoras c. in locally owned assembly facilities d. in the rural-suburban fringes of Mexico City
Jason is writing a paper on social stratification. The basic argument of his paper is that the job of "college professor" is extremely important to the creation of knowledge and production of culture. Due to this importance, college professors deserve a pay increase to attract the smartest and most capable individuals to fill this important role. Which theory of stratification is Jason arguing?
A. feminist B. structural-functional C. conflict D. evolution