Dokument: The rural-urban gap in educational inequality: Enhancement or compensation in genetic associations with educational attainment
| Titel: | The rural-urban gap in educational inequality: Enhancement or compensation in genetic associations with educational attainment | |||||||
| URL für Lesezeichen: | https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=72492 | |||||||
| URN (NBN): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:061-20260309-133658-0 | |||||||
| Kollektion: | Publikationen | |||||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | |||||||
| Dokumententyp: | Wissenschaftliche Texte » Artikel, Aufsatz | |||||||
| Medientyp: | Text | |||||||
| Autoren: | Teran Linarte, Josué [Autor] Spörlein, Christoph [Autor] | |||||||
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| Stichwörter: | Polygenic index (PGI) , Educational attainment , Rural-urban gap , Gene-environment interaction (GxE) | |||||||
| Beschreibung: | “While educational systems have expanded, regional and social disparities in attainment remain remarkably persistent. This study integrates social stratification research with behavioural genetics to examine how macro-level regional opportunity structures and micro-level family environments moderate the genetic influence on education. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and a Polygenic Index (PGI) for educational attainment, we test a Gene-by-Environment-by-Environment (GxExE) framework. Contrary to social enhancement and compensation models, our results indicate that genetic associations with education are stable across both rural/urban contexts and varying socioeconomic backgrounds. However, we find a significant interaction between family SES and urbanicity: urban environments amplify the advantages of high-SES families, whereas rural contexts appear to act as a “leveller” that constrains opportunities regardless of social background. These findings suggest that regional macro-structures do not moderate genetic associations directly but instead condition the efficacy of social and cultural capital. Our study underscores the necessity of incorporating macro-level institutional contexts into genetically informed models of inequality.” | |||||||
| Rechtliche Vermerke: | Originalveröffentlichung:
Teran Linarte, J., & Spörlein, C. (2026). The rural-urban gap in educational inequality: Enhancement or compensation in genetic associations with educational attainment. Social Science Research, 135, Article 103324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2026.103324 | |||||||
| Lizenz: |  Dieses Werk ist lizenziert unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz | |||||||
| Fachbereich / Einrichtung: | Philosophische Fakultät | |||||||
| Dokument erstellt am: | 09.03.2026 | |||||||
| Dateien geändert am: | 09.03.2026 |
