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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Economic mobility"”.
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Socio-economic mobility in Greece and the role of education
… aim of this study is to investigate the social mobility in Greece over time (going back in the past as far as reliable data sources allow) and to what extent different approaches of social mobility were affected by education. The major research questions are to examine the data of income, …
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Economic mobility in South Africa: evidence from household survey data
… has also limited the number of studies of economic mobility, which allows researchers to track the welfare measures of the same individuals over time. This means that while we know a great deal about how South Africans are doing at a particular point in time, we know far less about how they …
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Exploring Individual’s Explanations of Economic Mobility through the Gaze of Intersectionality
… understanding of individual’s explanations of economic mobility, rather than examining variables such as race, gender, and class as mutually exclusive from one another. The reason for this follows from the understanding that race, gender, and class can intersect to create unique views and …
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From the Bottom up: Isaac Craig and the Process of Social and Economic Mobility During the Revolutionary era
… illustrates the paradox presented in upward mobility during the Revolutionary era. The era was an exceptional time for social and economic mobility yet few men were able to accomplish it. Thus the period allowed for many men to gain more economically, while the inability to increase one's …
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Braiding Education, Workforce, and Community: Designing Cohesive Learning Systems for Democracy and Mobility
… how education-to-employment systems shape economic mobility and civic participation, and how communities can redesign those systems to better align opportunity, contribution, and institutional trust. Grounded in youth voice and lived experience, particularly youth furthest from opportunity, …
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Depopulation and Education in a Mexican Migrant Town: Schools in Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, 1942-2000
… the transformations brought about by the economic, social, and political repercussions of globalization have added layers of complexity to issues in education. This is true in particular of agrarian communities, such as Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. National educational policies …
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Producing Good Citizens: Literacy and Citizenship Training in Anxious Times
… position literacy as a tool for social and economic mobility in their quests for full citizenship.
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Moving forward equitably? : analyzing the impact of transportation changes on Boston's neighborhoods
… transportation can play a key role in improving economic mobility, this thesis explores how changes in public transit stemming from the Boston anti-highway movement impacted nearby neighborhoods and assesses the areas that may still be lacking in access to adequate transit today.
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What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms
… contribute to enhancing students’ (social and economic) mobility. This ethnographically-based study focused on two Grade Six classes in State run Primary schools in Cape Town, one of them being a well-resourced, monolingual, English classroom and school and the other being a poorly-resourced, …
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On the Road to Samaria: Urban Religious Congregations as Resource Brokers
… poor lack resources necessary for social and economic mobility due to constrained social networks endemic in homogeneously poor communities. However, neighborhood based organizations may be one place where the urban poor can engage heterogeneous resource networks to advance socially and …
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Livelihood strategies and its impact on women in northern Thailand
… Thai womena??s attainment of greater social and economic mobility vary according to the extent of their possession of the various forms of capital. In addition, their livelihood strategies are also influenced by the economic and social contexts in which they are created and manifested. It can be …
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Family, Work, and Migration: Transborder Networking among Tlapanecs from La Montaña
… migration often serves as a form of socio-economic mobility for households in the sending community, and may serve as a form of development for the community as a whole.
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Commercial revitalization in Union Square : an analysis of Main Street applied to a multi-ethnic business district
… to be one of the most viable options for their economic mobility. This thesis explores how diversity can be utilized as an asset within the organizational and promotional efforts of commercial revitalization initiatives. Specifically, it addresses how to broaden participation and how to …
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A mosque without a community?: Muslim lives in multicultural Japan
… for upward social, professional, and economic mobility. But what do those opportunities look like? Research on migrants in Japan often focuses on issues of "race" and culture, yet the role of religion is comparatively less well understood. What does it mean to be a Muslim in a …
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A Pesar de Todo: A Phenomenological Study on Latinx Undergraduate Students Choosing Their Academic Majors
… as Americans consider it a tool for upward economic mobility (Cohen & Kisker, 2009; Dwyer et al., 2012; Patton et al., 2016; Patton, 2016). This phenomenological study explores whether socioeconomic status (SES) and class influence Latinx students' career aspirations at Hispanic Serving …
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Reconceptualising the role of schooling in intergenerational social mobility: Patterns, perspectives and experiences from rural Pakistan
… to promote greater intergenerational social mobility especially in such contexts where customs, traditions and economic realities of poverty play such a major part. This thesis identifies new relevant theoretical, methodological and analytical frameworks with which to analyse empirically the …
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Constricted Urban Planning: Investigating the Site and Suitability of Low-Income Housing in Fairfax County, Virginia
… Aside from traditional hurdles to social and economic mobility, suburban low-income households are confronted by impediments that are inherent to sprawling, fragmented suburban landscapes with poor access. This research investigates the site suitability of a booming suburban region, Fairfax …
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(En)Countering White Noise: A Narrative Study Of How Students Of Color Experience And Navigate Rural, Predominantly White High Schools
… because educational attainment is a catalyst for economic mobility and other positive life outcomes. The problem addressed in this study was the dearth of research exploring the experiences of students of Color who attend rural, predominantly White high schools. Using narrative inquiry, the aim of …
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(In)visible entrepreneurs: creative enterprise in the urban music economy
… visible and this sector has a significant socio-economic impact. Practitioners utilise advances in technology as well as innovative business practice to create opportunities for self-employment on a local, national and international scale. Grime music and its related enterprise culture is a …
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