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Institutional Inequality

Institutional Inequality is a structural phenomenon whereby systemic disparities in power, resources, and opportunities are embedded within and perpetuated by established social institutions, differentiating it from individual or interpersonal forms of inequality through its codified, enduring, and normatively sanctioned mechanisms.

253

Publications

15K

Citations

490

Authors

306

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

94

Variants

Structural InequalitySystemic Inequality

Parents

Publications

253

Achievement Inequality and the Institutional Structure of Educational Systems: A Comparative Perspective

Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Jonathan Mijs · Annual Review of Sociology · 2010 · 791 citations

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Inequality in Landownership, the Emergence of Human-Capital Promoting Institutions, and the Great Divergence

Oded Galor, Omer Moav, Dietrich Vollrath · The Review of Economic Studies · 2008 · 764 citations

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AFTER LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Susan S. Silbey · Annual Review of Law and Social Science · 2005 · 715 citations

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Persistent Inequality in Educational Attainment and its Institutional Context

Fabian T. Pfeffer · European Sociological Review · 2008 · 566 citations

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Institution and inequality: the hukou system in China

Zhiqiang Liu · Journal of Comparative Economics · 2004 · 553 citations

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Authors

490

  1. AP
    Alice Pawley

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    3 publications · 246 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. CF
    Caroline Fehl

    Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

    3 publications · 90 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. IQ
    Israr Qureshi

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 114 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. CP
    Caryn Peiffer

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 57 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. TS
    Theo S. Eicher

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 90 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

306

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    523 citations

  2. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    223 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    538 citations

  5. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    137 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    590 citations

  8. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    862 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 96 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. Journal of European Social Policy

    3 publications · 105 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Public Choice

    3 publications · 137 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 333 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Social Indicators Research

    3 publications · 200 citations

    3

    h-index

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