Educational equalization stalled? Trends in inequality of educational opportunity between 1930 and 1980 across 26 European nations

Barone, Carlo; Ruggera, Lucia

doi:10.1080/14616696.2017.1290265

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“…We cannot wait that long. These results are in line with the relative strong influence of family background on track choices and high school completion found in previous research (Barone & Ruggera, 2018;Braga, Checchi, & Meschi, 2015). However, the small decline in inequality in participation in the academic track is a significant finding in the light of the high degree of persistence of intergenerational inequalities found in recent cohorts (Ballarino & Schadee, 2008;Barone, Schizzerotto, & Luijkx, 2010).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The influence of family background on track choices and high school completion is comparatively very strong in Italy, which ranks among the most unequal countries in Europe (Barone & Ruggera, 2018;Braga, Checchi, & Meschi, 2015). It is also remarkable that this influence is less mediated than elsewhere by school performance.…”

Section: The Italian Educational System: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Italy

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Giancola

Barone

2019

Education Policy &Amp; Social Inequality

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This chapter assesses inequalities in educational outcomes in Italy linking their evolution to changes in the Italian educational system. We analyse how track choice and performance in PISA tests among 15-year olds are influenced by social origins. We consider how inequalities by social origins are intertwined with inequalities by immigrant status and area of residence. We detect a small reduction of inequalities in participation in the academic track and a reduction of inequality in achievement limited to the northern regions, but overall our results show a high inertia in the reproduction of social inequalities. These results are observed during a period where the reduction of inequalities in education has remained a marginal issue in the policy debate as well as a marginal target of educational policies.

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Section: The Italian Educational System: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Italy

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Giancola

Barone

2019

Education Policy &Amp; Social Inequality

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“…Nevertheless, the positive results obtained by Breen et al (2009) are mitigated regarding the last birth cohort 1955-1964. Moreover, Barone and Ruggera (2018) reassessed their conclusions for a larger number of countries and extended them by adding the birth cohort 1965-1980. They confirmed these conclusions but observed that, for students in the last two birth cohorts, 1955-1964 and 1965-1980, who acceded to education in a period of deployment of educational democratization policies, the declining trend of inequality of educational opportunity slowed down, or even stopped for most European countries.…”

Section: Hypotheses On the Evolution Of Selective Social Processesmentioning

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Democratization of educational systems, inequality, opportunity, and selection process: a re-examination of the case of France

Bulle

2019

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

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The research brought forward examines the evolution of the selective social processes that have accompanied educational expansion over the long term, referring to the case of France. It is based on an original index which addresses the issue of assessing inequality within the selection process for access to various educational levels. The results obtained support an understanding of contradictory prior findings attached to the thesis of uniform democratization and the thesis of "qualitative" or "intrinsic" democratization, respectively. They substantiate a new, alternative thesis, that of "contradictory democratization", according to which the effects of socioeconomic changes, and the correlative integration of the educational system, have tended to counterbalance the negative effects of educational policies on the relative achievement of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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“…However, more recent studies show that the association actually fell in a large number of European countries in the period after the Second World War. This decrease was observed among both women and men (Breen et al 2009;Breen et al 2010; Barone and Ruggera 2018). The reduction of IEO was mainly a consequence of a reduced inequality in the transition from primary to secondary school (cf.…”

Section: Inequality Of Educational Opportunity S45mentioning

confidence: 93%

Inequality of Educational Opportunity – The Role of Performance and Choice

Erikson

2020

European Review

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Equality of opportunity is a central aim in the political agenda of many nations, and political leaders consequently speak about the importance of reducing differences in educational attainment between young persons from differing social origins. Such differences are apparent at two educational steps – the transition from compulsory school to upper secondary and at the transition from upper secondary school to tertiary institutions. Both steps have to be considered if the interest lies in attainment of university degrees, since the outcome at the first transition affects that at the second. Differences in educational attainment by parental origin appear through two separate mechanisms. Children from higher origins tend to perform better at school than other children, and consequently they more than others continue to higher educational levels. However, also among children who did perform equally well, children from more advantaged origins more often than other children choose to continue to higher and more academically oriented tracks. Children of immigrants tend to perform less well at school than native-born children, but given performance, they tend more than the native-born to choose to continue in academically oriented school tracks.

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Educational equalization stalled? Trends in inequality of educational opportunity between 1930 and 1980 across 26 European nations

Cited by 50 publications

References 23 publications

Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Italy

Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Italy

Democratization of educational systems, inequality, opportunity, and selection process: a re-examination of the case of France

Inequality of Educational Opportunity – The Role of Performance and Choice

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