Des inégalités sociales aux inégalités scolaires. Choix éducatifs et Prospect Theory

Lionel Page

Revue économique, 2005, vol. 56, issue 3, 615-623

Abstract: The explanation of social inequalities in education has often been explained by dierences in aspiration levels between individuals from different social origins. Boudon [1973] has suggested that these aspirational differences between the rich and the poor are a result of differing perceptions of success, such that individuals compare their success at school to the success of their parents. This paper utilises Prospect Theory (Kahneman and Tversky [1979]) to provide a theoretical foundation to this thesis.

Date: 2005
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