| Primary and secondary effects in class differentials in educational attainment: The transition to A-level courses in England and Wales M Jackson, R Erikson, JH Goldthorpe, M Yaish Acta Sociologica 50 (3), 211-229, 2007 | 565 | 2007 |
| On class differentials in educational attainment R Erikson, JH Goldthorpe, M Jackson, M Yaish, DR Cox Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (27), 9730-9733, 2005 | 515 | 2005 |
| Determined to succeed?: Performance versus choice in educational attainment M Jackson Stanford University Press, 2013 | 500 | 2013 |
| Education, employers and class mobility M Jackson, JH Goldthorpe, C Mills Research in social stratification and mobility 23, 3-33, 2005 | 356 | 2005 |
| Intergenerational class mobility in contemporary Britain: political concerns and empirical findings JH Goldthorpe, M Jackson The British journal of sociology 58 (4), 525-546, 2007 | 332 | 2007 |
| Problems of an Education-Based Meritocracy M Jackson, J Goldthorpe Russell Sage Foundation, 2008 | 290* | 2008 |
| Ethnic inequality in choice-driven education systems: A longitudinal study of performance and choice in England and Sweden M Jackson, JO Jonsson, F Rudolphi Sociology of education 85 (2), 158-178, 2012 | 288 | 2012 |
| The principles of experimental design and their application in sociology M Jackson, DR Cox Annual Review of Sociology 39 (1), 27-49, 2013 | 215 | 2013 |
| Personality traits and occupational attainment M Jackson European Sociological Review 22 (2), 187-199, 2006 | 172 | 2006 |
| How far merit selection? Social stratification and the labour market M Jackson The British journal of sociology 58 (3), 367-390, 2007 | 161 | 2007 |
| Disadvantaged through discrimination? The role of employers in social stratification M Jackson The British journal of sociology 60 (4), 669-692, 2009 | 158 | 2009 |
| Why does inequality of educational opportunity vary across countries M Jackson, JO Jonsson Determined to succeed, 306-337, 2013 | 151 | 2013 |
| Bold choices: How ethnic inequalities in educational attainment are suppressed M Jackson Oxford Review of Education 38 (2), 189-208, 2012 | 123 | 2012 |
| Educational fields of study and the intergenerational mobility process in comparative perspective M Jackson, R Luijkx, R Pollak, LA Vallet, HG van de Werfhorst International Journal of Comparative Sociology 49 (4-5), 369-388, 2008 | 88 | 2008 |
| How is Inequality of Educational Opportunity Generated? The Case for Primary and Secondary Effects M Jackson Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment, 1, 2013 | 86* | 2013 |
| Rebuilding walls: Market transition and social mobility in the post-socialist societies of Europe M Jackson, G Evans Sociological Science 4, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| Meritocracy, Education, and Occupational Attainment: What Do Employers Really See as Merit? MV Jackson University of Oxford, 2001 | 72 | 2001 |
| Non-meritocratic job requirements and the reproduction of class inequality: An investigation M Jackson Work, Employment and Society 15 (3), 619-630, 2001 | 69 | 2001 |
| A post‐liberal theory of stratification M Jackson, DB Grusky The British journal of sociology 69 (4), 1096-1133, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| A century of educational inequality in the United States M Jackson, B Holzman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (32), 19108-19115, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
