Satoshi Araki on Education, Skills, and Intergenerational Inequality

In a new British Journal of Sociology article, Satoshi Araki shows how education and adult cognitive skills mediate the transmission of socioeconomic advantage across generations in 23 OECD countries. His OESD quadrangle reveals striking cross-national differences, offering a new framework for understanding inequality, mobility, meritocracy, and policy responses today worldwide.