Equal opportunity through higher education. Theory and evidence on privilege and ability.

Autor/inn/en	Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Tobol, Yossef
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Equal opportunity through higher education. Theory and evidence on privilege and ability. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Chancengleichheit durch höhere Bildung. Theorie und Evidenz über Privilegien und Fähigkeiten.
Quelle	Bonn (2017), 63 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 10564
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungschance; Chancengleichheit; Kognitive Kompetenz; Eignungstest; Soziale Herkunft; Gymnasium; Schulleistung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Finanzierung; Subventionspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulzugang; Studienerfolg; Hochschulsystem; Student; Israel
Abstract	"We model a higher education system that admits students according to their admission signal (e.g., matriculation GPA, SAT), which is, in turn, affected by their cognitive ability and socioeconomic background. We show that subsidizing education loans increases neither human capital stock nor aggregate consumption, but only yields income redistribution mainly among the upper class. We show that the policies aimed at compensating for poor socioeconomic background result in a higher aggregate consumption, as well as income redistribution from top to bottom. We test the model using a unique dataset that includes proxies of socioeconomic background and cognitive ability. Results show that the high school matriculation GPA is a weak predictor of academic achievements. We demonstrate that, while the high school matriculation GPA is explained by proxies of cognitive ability and socioeconomic background, academic GPA is solely explained by cognitive ability proxies. Finally, the lack of a matriculation certificate is associated with a poor socioeconomic background." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/3