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Germany's stalled social mobility

New research uses German census data to track the association between success for a child and the earnings of the parent at a much higher level of detail than was previously possible. Sebastian Findeisen and Paul Schüle tell Tim Phillips about the impact of investment in education, intended to improve social mobility.

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Understanding diversity and discrimination dynamics in the classroom

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