Cross-national differences in social background effects on educational attainment and achievement: absolute vs. relative inequalities and the role of education systems.

Autor/inn/en	Heisig, Jan Paul; Elbers, Benjamin; Solga, Heike
Titel	Cross-national differences in social background effects on educational attainment and achievement: absolute vs. relative inequalities and the role of education systems.
Quelle	In: Compare, 49 (2019) 2, S. 165-184Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925; 1469-3623
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2019.1677455
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Herkunft; Sekundarbereich; Bildungsabschluss; Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract	We use PIAAC data to study the relationship between parental education and educational success among adults from 23 advanced economies. We consider educational success in terms of both educational attainment (formal qualifications) and educational achievement (competencies) and in both absolute and relative terms (i.e. as the individual's rank in the distribution of educational success). Parental education effects are stronger for educational attainment than for achievement in all countries. Cross-national variation in the strength of social background effects follows broadly similar patterns for the different ways of measuring success, but a few countries combine relatively strong achievement with relatively weak attainment effects and vice versa. Tracking in secondary education is associated with stronger background effects for educational attainment but not for achievement. Greater prevalence of formal (non-formal) AET is associated with stronger (weaker) background effects for both attainment and achievement, while vocational orientation of upper secondary education does not matter much.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2021/2