Social class and transnational human capital
Gerhards, Jurgen
Social class and transnational human capital - London Routledge 2017 - 204p. - Routledge advances in sociology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle and upper class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : families' class position and their educational practices in everyday life -- The "brokers" : the formation and structure of a social field of intermediaries of transnational human capital -- Does going abroad early on pay off? : returns to transnational human capital -- Appendix: Data and methods of analysis -- Epilogue.
9781138232020
2016048331
Human capital.
Labor supply.
Education and globalization.
HD4904.7 / .G4713 2017
331.1 / GE-S
Social class and transnational human capital - London Routledge 2017 - 204p. - Routledge advances in sociology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle and upper class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : families' class position and their educational practices in everyday life -- The "brokers" : the formation and structure of a social field of intermediaries of transnational human capital -- Does going abroad early on pay off? : returns to transnational human capital -- Appendix: Data and methods of analysis -- Epilogue.
9781138232020
2016048331
Human capital.
Labor supply.
Education and globalization.
HD4904.7 / .G4713 2017
331.1 / GE-S