Author(s):
Henry Farrell
Publication Date:
September 23, 2015
Publication Type:
Other Writing
Lauren Rivera is an associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of management. Her recent book, “Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs,” examines how inequality is produced by subtle social patterns of education and informal skills as well as big political and economic forces. I asked her four questions about the book. Read more » about Why are working class kids less likely to get elite jobs? They study too hard at college.