From father to son and from father to daughter: educational mobility in Hungary and the Netherlands for the birth cohorts from 1925 to 1955

Abstract

In this article we are concerned with the comparison of educational mobility in Hungary and the Netherlands. The analysis is based on representative samples of 1981/2 and applies for both father-son and father-daughter educational mobility specified for four age cohorts. Two different theoretical perspectives are adopted -the industrialisation thesis and the reproduction thesis -from which the expectations for the analysis are derived. These expectations are confronted with the empirical data: firstly by means of overall mobility table measures, secondly by means' of the Hope-type log-linear analysis. The analysis shows that -contrary to the expectations from the reproduction thesis -no significant differences in circulation mobility can be detected between the two countries. Most of the differing mobility patterns are to be found in the structural component of mobility. This component can be uniform [linear] or non-uniform: the direction of the very significant differences supports the industrialisation thesis in this respect. The article ends with a discussion of the visualised effects of educational reforms that were introduced in both countries and with some suggestions for the next research steps.

Social background, educational attainment and labor market integration: an exploration of underlying processes and dynamics

“…There has been much research in the Netherlands on inequality of educational opportunity (IEO) for pupils of different socioeconomic backgrounds. 1 Beginning with the seminal work of van Heek (1968), the focus of this research has mostly been on the transition that pupils face at age 12, the transition from primary to secondary education, with an overall conclusion that IEO in the Netherlands has decreased only slightly in recent decades (e.g., Bakker, Dronkers, andSchijf, 1982, 1986;Bakker and Cremers, 1994;Bakker and Schouten, 1991;De Graaf and Ganzeboom, 1993;De Jong, Dronkers, and Saris, 1982;Dronkers, 1983Dronkers, , 1993Kloosterman et al, 2009;Peschar, Ten Vergert, and Popping, 1986;Sieben, Huinink, and de Graaf, 2001;Tieben, de Graaf, and de Graaf, 2010;Vrooman and Dronkers, 1986;Willemse, 1987). However, over a longer period, the Netherlands underwent a "process of opening-up and equalization" (Blossfeld and Shavit, 1993:18).…”