Closure in an open profession. The impact of social origin on the educational and occupational success of graduates of law in Norway
Closure in an open profession. The impact of social origin on the educational and occupational success of graduates of law in Norway
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DOI：
10.1177/09500170122119129
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Hansen, MN
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作者：
Hansen, MN
挪威的法律教育必须被描述为一个开放的教育领域，其入学要求低于其他著名的专业领域。这样一个开放的制度可能会导致毕业生之间的社会阶层高度平等。社会出身的影响是在教育和职业生涯的不同阶段进行评估，在一个独特的样本组成的所有挪威法律毕业生在1981年和1996年之间。结果表明，在学习成绩方面存在着很大程度的社会不平等，在教育生涯的后期阶段比早期阶段更严重。对于学业成绩相同的毕业生来说，收入不平等也越来越大。讨论了可能产生这种模式的各种机制，包括文化资本的具体形式，如关于自营职业战略、社会和金融资本的知识。
Education in law in Norway must be characterised as an open educational field, with lower entry requirements than other prestigious professional fields. Such an open system might be expected to lead to a high degree of equality by social class origin among the graduates. The impact of social origin is assessed at different steps of the educational and occupational career in a unique sample consisting of all Norwegian graduates in law between 1981 and 1996. The results demonstrate that there is a high level of social inequality in academic performance, which is greater at later stages than early in the educational career. Large and increasing income inequality is found also, for graduates with equal levels of academic performance. Various mechanisms that may produce this pattern are discussed, including specific forms of cultural capital, such as knowledge about strategies of self-employment, social and financial capital.