Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Thailand: Effects of Parents’ Socioeconomic Status on Children’s Opportunity in Higher Education

• Main Authors: Meemon, Natthani, Zhang, Ning J., Wan, Thomas T. H, Paek, Seung Chun
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: education opportunity; higher education; university education; social mobility; intergenerational mobility; intergenerational transmission; parents’ socioeconomic backgrounds
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol22/iss1/13; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1450/viewcontent/RA_2012.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

As a result of the government investment in education opportunity, there has been a remarkable expansion of higher education over the last 50 years in Thailand. Nevertheless, it still remains questionable whether the expansion is accompanied by ensuring equality of opportunity in higher education. T...