A Systematic Review of Educational Research on Social, Economic, and Intergenerational Mobility

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Eighteen
  In Roundtable Session: Building Justice-Oriented Communities in Education (Table 15)

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that community and racial factors are more predictive of socioeconomic mobility than education attainment (Chetty, 2018). The findings posit income and residential segregation as the most significant factors impacting socioeconomic mobility (Reardon, 2011; Chetty, 2018). This systematic review investigates the prevalence of this topic in education research. It explores the appearance of terms: “education,” “social-,” “economic-,” and “intergenerational-mobility” across two databases: ERIC and ProQuest. The Minority Diminish Return theory (Assari, 2018) supports the understanding and need for this inquiry. The findings reveal, on average, less than 10% of education research includes these terms. This study helps to reveal areas of potential growth for education research and highlights the need for more intersectional research on the topic.

Author

• Amber C. Bryant, University of Michigan/ICPSR
  Presenting Author