TY - JOUR
T1 - Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes
T2 - Six countries in comparison
AU - Schindler, Steffen
AU - Bar-Haim, Eyal
AU - Barone, Carlo
AU - Fels Birkelund, Jesper
AU - Boliver, Vikki
AU - Capsada-Munsech, Queralt
AU - Erola, Jani
AU - Facchini, Marta
AU - Feniger, Yariv
AU - Heiskala, Laura
AU - Herbaut, Estelle
AU - Ichou, Mathieu
AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt
AU - Kleinert, Corinna
AU - Reimer, David
AU - Traini, Claudia
AU - Triventi, Moris
AU - Vallet, Louis André
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Country comparison
KW - educational differentiation
KW - educational sorting
KW - educational systems
KW - educational tracking
KW - labor market outcomes
KW - social inequality
KW - social mobility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148061965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00207152231151390
DO - 10.1177/00207152231151390
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148061965
SN - 0020-7152
VL - 65
SP - 39
EP - 62
JO - International Journal of Comparative Sociology
JF - International Journal of Comparative Sociology
IS - 1
ER -
