Article, 2023
Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: Six countries in comparison
International Journal of Comparative Sociology,
ISSN
1745-2554,
0020-7152,
Volume 65,
1,
Pages 39-62,
10.1177/00207152231151390
Contributors
Schindler, Steffen
0000-0002-3999-4618
(Corresponding author)
[1]
Bar-Haim, Eyal
0000-0001-9764-7123
[2]
Barone, Carlo
0000-0003-4309-7001
[3]
Birkelund, Jesper Fels
0000-0002-2375-9832
[4]
Boliver, Vikki
0000-0002-5629-5544
[5]
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt
0000-0002-0361-3772
[6]
Erola, Jani Petteri
0000-0002-8008-7032
[7]
Facchini, Marta
0000-0003-0483-2288
[3]
Feniger, Yariv
0000-0002-8959-6917
[2]
Heiskala, Laura
0000-0002-2463-1697
[7]
Herbaut, Estelle
0000-0001-6781-3071
[8]
Ichou, Mathieu
[9]
Karlson, Kristian Bernt
0000-0002-5886-2127
[4]
Kleinert, Corinna
0000-0002-9285-6070
[10]
Reimer, David
0000-0002-8648-3829
[11]
[12]
Traini, Claudia
0000-0002-4533-3007
[13]
Triventi, Moris
0000-0002-2713-2957
[14]
Vallet, Louis-André
[15]
Affiliations
- [1]
University of Bamberg
[NORA names:
Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [2]
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
[NORA names:
Israel; Asia, Middle East; OECD];
- [3]
SciencesPo—Centre de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales, France
[NORA names:
France; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [4]
University of Copenhagen
[NORA names:
KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [5]
Durham University
[NORA names:
United Kingdom; Europe, Non-EU; OECD];
(... more)
- [6]
University of Glasgow
[NORA names:
United Kingdom; Europe, Non-EU; OECD];
- [7]
University of Turku
[NORA names:
Finland; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [8]
University of Burgundy
[NORA names:
France; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [9]
National Institute for Demographic Studies
[NORA names:
France; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [10]
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
[NORA names:
Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [11]
Aarhus University
[NORA names:
AU Aarhus University;
University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [12]
University of Iceland
[NORA names:
Iceland; Europe, Non-EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [13]
Goethe University Frankfurt
[NORA names:
Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [14]
University of Trento
[NORA names:
Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [15]
Sorbonne University
[NORA names:
France; Europe, EU; OECD]
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Abstract
In this country-comparative study, we ask to what extent differentiation in secondary education accounts for the association between social origins and social destinations in adult age. We go beyond the widely applied formal definitions of educational tracking and particularly pay attention to country-specific approaches to educational differentiation. Our main expectation is that once we factor in these particularities, the degree to which educational differentiation accounts for social reproduction is quite similar across countries. Our analyses are based on national individual-level life-course data from six European countries that span from secondary education to occupational maturity. Our findings show that educational differentiation mediates the association between social origins and social destinations to a substantial degree in all countries. However, we still find some differences between countries in the extent to which educational differentiation accounts for social reproduction.
Keywords
European countries,
accounts,
adult age,
age,
analysis,
association,
comparison,
countries,
country-comparative studies,
data,
definition,
degree,
destination,
differentiated account,
differentiation,
education,
educational accountability,
educational differentials,
educational tracks,
expectations,
findings,
inequality,
labor market outcomes,
life course data,
long-term labor market outcomes,
market outcomes,
maturation,
origin,
outcomes,
particularities,
reproduction,
secondary education,
social destination,
social inequalities,
social origin,
social reproduction,
study,
tracking
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