A RATIONAL CHOICE MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY Richard Breen Estudio/Working Paper 2001/166 October 2001 Richard Breen is Official Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Fellow of the British Academy. This paper is based on a seminar he presented at the Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, Madrid, on 24 April 2001, entitled "A Rational Choice Model of Educational Inequalityâ.