Aage B. Sørensen
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Born | University of Wisconsin, Harvard University | 13 May 1941
Thesis | The Occupational Mobility Process: An Analysis of Occupational Careers (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | James Samuel Coleman |
Doctoral students | Trond Petersen |
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Aage Bottger Sørensen was born on May 13, 1941, in Silkeborg, Denmark, and died on April 18, 2001, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1][2]
In 1967, Sørensen was the first recipient of a master's degree in
Sorensen's main contribution involved theories of how social and economic inequality reflects the unequal distribution of opportunities and social resources. His work offered a sociological alternative to some economic theories that see inequality as a result of differences in training and education. Instead, he argued that the benefits of education and training depended on whether jobs were available on a freely competitive basis or whether access to them was restricted in various ways. Persistent inequalities, he argued, occur when individuals and groups are able to limit access to jobs, education and other opportunities.
Sorensen died in Boston, having been in poor health since February 2000, when he was injured in a fall on ice near his home. He was survived by his wife Annemette, director of the Henry A. Murray Research Center at the
References
- ^ Lewis, Paul (8 May 2001). "Aage Sorensen, 59, Inequality Theorist at Harvard". New York Times. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Aage B. Sorensen; Sociologist Studied Inequality Issues". Los Angeles Times. May 11, 2001. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ "Sørensen, 59, leading authority on sociology". 3 May 2001.