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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? : Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States

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dc.creator Woessmann, Ludger
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:11:01Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:11:01Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20550
dc.identifier ppn:460241230
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20550
dc.description This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain and Germany the least. Equality of opportunities is unrelated to countries? mean performance. Quantile regressions show little variation in family-background effects across the ability distribution in most countries.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1284
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J62
dc.subject I21
dc.subject H52
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject equality of opportunity
dc.subject student performance
dc.subject family background
dc.subject TIMSS
dc.subject equity-efficiency tradeoff
dc.subject intergenerational mobility
dc.subject Bildungschancen
dc.subject Bildungsniveau
dc.subject Familiensoziologie
dc.subject Vergleich
dc.subject Generationenbeziehungen
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject Westeuropa
dc.subject Vereinigte Staaten
dc.subject TIMSS
dc.title How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? : Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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