Educational Inequality*.

Autor/inn/en	Blanden, Jo; Doepke, Matthias; Stuhler, Jan
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	*Educational Inequality.**
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022), 127 S. PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w29979
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w29979
Schlagwörter	Vergleich; Bildungschance; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Ungleichheit; Australien; Bildungsökonomie; Deutschland; Einkommensverteilung; England; Soziale Ungleichheit; USA; Bildungsniveau; Vergleich; Bildungsökonomie; Einkommensverteilung; Arbeitspapier; Australien; Deutschland; England; USA
Abstract	This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps between children from different socio-economic backgrounds, show how patterns of educational inequality vary across countries, time, and generations, and establish a link between educational inequality and social mobility. We interpret this evidence from the perspective of economic models of skill acquisition and investment in human capital. The models account for different channels underlying unequal education and highlight how endogenous responses in parents' and children's educational investments generate a close link between economic inequality and educational inequality. Given concerns over the extended school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, we also summarize early evidence on the impact of the pandemic on children's education and on possible long-run repercussions for educational inequality.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2023/1