SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Human Capital
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Educational requirements are required for well respected employees. David livingstone: educational levels have risen faster than knowledge required. Publishing company removed educational requirements, makes company far more inclusive (not many places are doing this) Everyone wants a university degree, schooling is no longer associated to one group of people. Competition begins at very early levels of education. Parents often from high ses backgrounds will enroll children in programs and tutoring to make them more competitive. Gro(cid:449)th i(cid:374) tutori(cid:374)g co(cid:373)petitio(cid:374), ca(cid:374) t afford pri(cid:448)ate school so use tutori(cid:374)g to get a leg up on everyone else. Kids as young as 5 are getting tutored (before school even begins) Mmi: inflation of higher and higher degrees. High ses had high school degree, when it became universal then university degree was for high ses, etc. Emi: not about level of degree but field of study.
