Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, 0349, Oslo, Norway.
Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, 0349, Oslo, Norway.
Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 18;13(1):17747. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44605-6.
Educational attainment is a key indicator of status and opportunity in meritocratic societies. However, it is unclear how educational expansion has affected the link between cognitive abilities and educational attainment. As a result, this study examines the correlation between cognitive ability and educational attainment across male birth cohorts in Norway. Utilizing administrative register data covering more than four decades, we investigate multiple measures of educational attainment and their connection to cognitive abilities. Our findings reveal a consistent decline in the correlation over time. These findings question the assumed shift towards meritocracy in educational systems and highlight a more complex relationship between cognitive ability and educational attainment.
教育程度是英才社会中地位和机会的关键指标。然而，教育扩张如何影响认知能力和教育程度之间的联系尚不清楚。因此，本研究考察了挪威男性出生队列中认知能力与教育程度之间的相关性。我们利用涵盖四十多年的行政登记数据，研究了多种教育程度衡量标准及其与认知能力的关系。我们的研究结果显示，相关性随时间呈持续下降趋势。这些发现质疑了教育系统中向英才制转变的假设，并突出了认知能力和教育程度之间更为复杂的关系。
