The effect of the post-socialist transition on inequality of educational opportunity : evidence from German Unification.

Autor/in	Betthäuser, Bastian A
Titel	The effect of the post-socialist transition on inequality of educational opportunity : evidence from German Unification. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss der postsozialistischen Transformation auf die Bildungschancengleichheit. Erkenntnisse aus der deutschen Wiedervereinigung.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 35 (2019) 4, S. 461-473Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcz012
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungschance; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Ungleichheit; Bildungssystem; Sekundarbereich; Staatlicher Zusammenschluss; Hochschulbildung; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Regionaler Vergleich; Deutschland
Abstract	"In 1990, German unification led to an abrupt and extensive restructuring of the educational system and economy of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the latter was reintegrated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). However, the consequences of this large-scale institutional change for the educational inequality between children from different social class backgrounds in East Germany continue to be poorly understood. This article seeks to shed new light on this question by using a quasi-experimental approach to examine the difference in educational inequality between East and West Germany before and after German unification. We compare changes in the class gradient in the attainment of comparable school and university qualifications in East and West Germany across six birth cohorts, including three cohorts of individuals who completed their schooling after unification. We find that before unification, inequality of educational opportunity at the mid-secondary, upper-secondary and tertiary level was substantially lower in East Germany than in West Germany and that unification led to a substantial and sustained convergence of the level of inequality of educational opportunity in East Germany towards that of West Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1