What Makes Sammy Run? : An Empirical Assessment of the Bowles-Gintis Correspondence Theory / Michael R. Olneck and David B. Bills.

The Bowles-Gintis correspondence theory rejects conventional theories that stress the role of cognitive skills in explaining the link between educational attainment and occupational status or earnings. Bowles and Gintis propose that schools serve primarily to develop noncognitive characteristics nec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Olneck, Michael R.
Corporate Author:	Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty
Other Authors:	Bills, David B., 1953-
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Adults. Educational Attainment. Elementary Secondary Education. Employment Level. Higher Education. Income. Individual Characteristics. Males. Parent Background. Personality Traits. School Role. Socioeconomic Status. Theories. Bowles Gintis Correspondence Theory Reports, Research.
Genre:	Reports, Research.
Physical Description:	56 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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