A multi-agent description of the influence of higher education on social stratification

Giacomo Dimarco (), Giuseppe Toscani () and Mattia Zanella ()
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Giacomo Dimarco: University of Ferrara
Giuseppe Toscani: University of Pavia
Mattia Zanella: University of Pavia

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2024, vol. 19, issue 3, No 4, 493-521

Abstract: Abstract We introduce and discuss a system of one-dimensional kinetic equations describing the influence of higher education in the social stratification of a multi-agent society. The system is obtained by coupling a model for knowledge formation with a kinetic description of the social climbing in which the parameters characterizing the elementary interactions leading to the formation of a social elite are assumed to depend on the degree of knowledge/education of the agents. In addition, we discuss the case in which the education level of an individual is function of the position occupied in the social ranking. With this last assumption, we obtain a fully coupled model in which knowledge and social status influence each other. In the last part, we provide several numerical experiments highlighting the role of education in reducing social inequalities and in promoting social mobility.

Keywords: Knowledge and social stratification modeling; Kinetic models; Boltzmann-type equations; Amoroso distribution; Generalized Gamma distribution; 35Q84; 82B21; 91D10; 94A17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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