Search Results - "Jæger, Mads Meier"

United But Divided: Welfare Regimes and the Level and Variance in Public Support for Redistribution by Jaeger, M. M.

“…Previous studies find little evidence that welfare regimes affect public support for welfare state principles, policies, and programmes in any systematic way…”
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Welfare Regimes and Attitudes Towards Redistribution: The Regime Hypothesis Revisited by JAEGER, Mads Meier

“…This paper addresses the issue of why comparative research on welfare state attitudes has failed to establish a link between welfare regimes and popular…”
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The Extended Family and Children's Educational Success by Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…Research on family background and educational success focuses almost exclusively on two generations: parents and children. This study argues that the extended…”
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Does Cultural Capital Really Affect Academic Achievement? New Evidence from Combined Sibling and Panel Data by Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…This article provides new estimates of the causal effect of cultural capital on academic achievement. The author analyzes data from the National Longitudinal…”
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How does cultural capital affect educational performance: Signals or skills? by Breinholt, Asta, Jæger, Mads Meier

“…In this paper, we test two mechanisms through which cultural capital might affect educational performance: (a) teachers misinterpreting cultural capital as…”
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What cultural hierarchy? Cultural tastes, status and inequality by Jæger, Mads Meier, Rasmussen, Rikke Haudrum, Holm, Anders

“…Research on cultural stratification often draws on Bourdieu's misrecognition model to interpret socioeconomic gradients in cultural tastes and participation…”
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The effect of macroeconomic and social conditions on the demand for redistribution: A pseudo panel approach by Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…This paper analyses the effect of macroeconomic and social conditions on the demand for redistribution. Using a synthetic cohort design to generate panel data…”
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Equal Access but Unequal Outcomes: Cultural Capital and Educational Choice in a Meritocratic Society by Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…This article argues that existing studies on cultural capital and educational success fail to distinguish the different channels through which cultural capital…”
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From Metallica to Mozart: Mapping the Cultural Hierarchy of Lifestyle Activities by Jæger, Mads, Larsen, Mikkel

“…Theories of cultural stratification argue that a widely shared cultural hierarchy legitimizes status differences and inequality. Yet, we know little about this…”
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Family learning environments in Scandinavia: dimensions, types and socioeconomic profiles by Thomsen, Jens-Peter, Jæger, Mads Meier, Kohl, Katrine Syppli, Henze-Pedersen, Sofie, Karmsteen, Kirstine, Klokker, Rasmus Henriksen

“…In this paper, we use data from 44 Danish families to develop a new conceptual framework for analysing family learning environments and how they shape…”
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Cultural Capital and Educational Inequality: A Counterfactual Analysis by Jæger, Mads, Karlson, Kristian

“…We use National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) data and a counterfactual approach to test the macro-level implications of cultural reproduction and…”
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"A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever"? Returns to Physical Attractiveness over the Life Course by Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…This article analyzes the effect of three aspects of physical attractiveness (facial attractiveness, Body Mass Index and height) on socio-economic and marital…”
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Does parents’ economic, cultural, and social capital explain the social class effect on educational attainment in the Scandinavian mobility regime? by Jæger, Mads Meier, Holm, Anders

“…This paper analyzes how much of the effect of social class on children’s choice of secondary education in Denmark can be decomposed into the influence of…”
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Does Women's Preference for Highbrow Leisure Begin in the Family? Comparing Leisure Participation among Brothers and Sisters by Katz-Gerro, Tally, Meier Jæger, Mads

“…Research shows that women are more likely than men to participate in highbrow leisure activities, but we do not know whether this gap develops within the…”
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Where Do Cultural Tastes Come From? Genes, Environments, or Experiences by Jæger, Mads, Møllegaard, Stine

“…Theories in sociology argue that family background and individual experiences shape cultural tastes and participation. Yet, we do not know the relative…”
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“Looking for It in Genetix”: Response to Comment by Jæger, Mads, Møllegaard, Stine

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Top of the Pops, Ascend of the Omnivores, Defeat of the Couch Potatoes: Cultural Consumption Profiles in Denmark 1975–2004 by Katz-Gerro, Tally, Jaeger, Mads Meier

“…This article presents a new approach to modelling change over time in cultural consumption practices, which jointly models qualitative heterogeneity in…”
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A Dynamic Model of Cultural Reproduction by Jæger, Mads Meier, Breen, Richard

“…The authors draw on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural reproduction to develop a formal model of the pathways through which cultural capital acts to enhance…”
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Dealing with selection bias in educational transition models: The bivariate probit selection model by Holm, Anders, Jæger, Mads Meier

“…This paper proposes the bivariate probit selection model (BPSM) as an alternative to the traditional Mare model for analyzing educational transitions. The BPSM…”
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Inequality in learning opportunities during Covid-19: Evidence from library takeout by Jæger, Mads Meier, Blaabæk, Ea Hoppe

“…Research shows that Covid-19 enhanced inequality in families’ learning environments. We use register data from Denmark to analyze inequality in families’…”
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