RT Journal Article
T1 Posh but poor. The association between relative socio-economic status and children's academic performance
A1 Jerrim, John
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
K1 Estatus social - Modelos econométricos
AB It is well known that young people from more advantaged socio-economic backgrounds have, on average,higher levels of academic achievement than their disadvantaged peers. Yet rather less is known abouthow the relative socio-economic position of students might be related to their academic progressionat school. This is the issue considered in this paper, using longitudinal administrative data covering thelargest region within Spain. We find evidence that the relative socio-economic position of students withintheir school is associated with grade retention, performance in standardized tests and attitudes towardsschool, even after controlling for the absolute level of their socio-economic status. Our primary conclu-sion is that both absolute and relative social position matters for young people’s academic development.
PB Wiley
YR 2020
FD 2020-06-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39340
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39340
LA eng
NO Jerrim, J., López-Agudo, L. A., Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, O. D. (2021). “Posh but poor. The association between relative socio-economic status and children's academic performance”. Review of Income and Wealth, 67(2), 334-362.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/7703
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026