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Age of selection counts: a cross-country comparison of educational institutions
Das Alter zählt bei der Selektion: ein länderübergreifender Vergleich von Bildungsinstitutionen
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Universität Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
Abstract "In this paper I combine a theoretically developed construction of the school to work transition literature, namely the stratification and standardization dimensions of the education system, and the more data oriented inequality of opportunity research of the economics of education. I collect severa... view more
"In this paper I combine a theoretically developed construction of the school to work transition literature, namely the stratification and standardization dimensions of the education system, and the more data oriented inequality of opportunity research of the economics of education. I collect several possible indicators for both dimensions to compare the countries: utilizing the PISA 2003 data and some other OECD sources I run multilevel analysis to test the effect of the collected country level stratification and standardization indicators on the inequality and on the effectiveness of education. Inequality of opportunity is indicated by the size of the parental background effect on the PISA literacy scores, while effectiveness is the literacy score adjusted for parental background and other individual characteristics. The results show that stratification associates strongly and positively with the inequality of educational opportunity, while standardization in general seems to enhance equality. I reject that stratification would increase effectiveness, and the association between standardization and effectiveness is not straightforward. The most robust finding of the study is that the early age of selection links closely with high inequality of opportunity." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
education; course of education; educational opportunity; cause; social stratification; level of education attained; equal opportunity; deprivation; standardization (meth.); inequality; labor market; context analysis; social background; demand for education; educational content; PISA study; returns on education; level of education; educational institution; education deficit; participation in education
Classification
Secondary Education Sector Upper Level
Secondary Education Sector Lower Level
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
Bildungssystem
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
City
Mannheim
Page/Pages
25 p.
Series
Arbeitspapiere / Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, 107
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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