Fostering equality of opportunity? Compulsory schooling reform and social mobility in Germany.

Autor/in	Betthäuser, Bastian
Titel	Fostering equality of opportunity? Compulsory schooling reform and social mobility in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Förderung der Chancengleichheit? Schulreform und soziale Mobilität in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 33 (2017) 5, S. 633-644Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcx066
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungschance; Bildungsmobilität; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Mobilität; Generationenbeziehung; Bildungspolitik; Schulpflicht; Schulzeit; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Schullaufbahnentscheidung; Bundesland; Mobilität; Reformpolitik; Arbeitsmarktchance; Regionaler Vergleich
Abstract	"There is an ongoing debate in the field of social mobility research about whether intergenerational social mobility can be increased by way of education policy. However, evidence on the effects of specific education policies on social mobility continues to be scarce. This article analyses the effect of one specific policy reform, the extension of compulsory schooling in Germany, which has been argued to have led to a decrease in educational inequality and an increase in social mobility. Using a difference-in-difference design, the article exploits the variation in the timing of the reform across German states to estimate the reform effect on the educational attainment and labour market chances of individuals from different social class backgrounds. We find that the reform resulted in a substantial narrowing of the gap in educational attainment between different social origin groups. This decline in educational inequality further translated into a reduction in the inequality in labour market chances between people from different social class backgrounds, thus increasing intergenerational social mobility. Our findings suggest that educational policy can lead to substantial increases in intergenerational social mobility, which may have been overlooked in past research on societal-level, long-run trends in social mobility." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/2