Selectivity and flexibility in the German secondary school system. A configurational analysis of recent data from the German Socio-economic Panel.

Autor/inn/en	Glaesser, Judith; Cooper, Barry
Titel	Selectivity and flexibility in the German secondary school system. A configurational analysis of recent data from the German Socio-economic Panel. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Auswahl und Flexibilität im deutschen Sekundärschulsystem. Analyse mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 27 (2011) 5, S. 570-585Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcq026
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungschance; Bildungsmobilität; Chancengleichheit; Sozialer Faktor; Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Bildungssystem; Kind; Durchlässigkeit; Hauptschule; Realschule; Gymnasium; Sekundarbereich; Weiterführende Schule; Gesamtschule; Schullaufbahnentscheidung; Schüler; Jugendlicher
Abstract	"Debate continues in many European countries about both equality of opportunity and the continuing wastage of talent, and the ways in which differing systems of secondary schooling contribute to these. Drawing on Turner's concepts of sponsored and contest mobility and on Allmendinger's classification along the dimensions of stratification and selection, we describe the amount of flexibility currently in the German secondary school system which, despite ongoing reforms, is still stratified and selective. Earlier research suggests that the sorting process is socially, not just academically, selective. Building on this, we analyse factors influencing whether individuals make use of the available opportunities for changing track. We find that, rather than alleviating the early social inequality, these opportunities reinforce it since young people from more privileged backgrounds are more likely to benefit from flexibility, whereas disadvantaged individuals are more likely to drop out of the academic track. Most earlier relevant work has used regression-based methods, but we use an alternative configurational method, Ragin's Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Using this set theoretic approach allows us, when exploring what conjunctions of factors are sufficient conditions for the types of mobility we focus upon, to move beyond the limitations of a 'net effects' approach." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2003 bis 2007.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2