Educational Policies and Social Inequality in Well-Being among Young Adults

Autor/in	Högberg, Björn
Titel	Educational Policies and Social Inequality in Well-Being among Young Adults
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40 (2019) 5, S.664-681 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2019.1576119
Schlagwörter	Social Differences; Well Being; Public Health; Comparative Analysis; Educational Policy; Income; Socioeconomic Status; Life Satisfaction; Correlation; Costs; Educational Attainment; Fathers; Social Class; Inclusion; Foreign Countries; Social Mobility; Track System (Education); Higher Education; Surveys; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Unterschied; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitswesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Einkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Lebensvollendung; Korrelation; Cost; Kosten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Inklusion; Ausland; Soziale Mobilität; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Europa
Abstract	Inequalities in health and well-being are important contemporary public health issues. This article is the first to investigate the institutional causes of inequality in well-being among youth in a comparative perspective. Data from the European Social Survey are used to analyse how educational policies moderate the association between social background and well-being. Multilevel techniques are used to investigate cross-level interactions between social background and educational policies on life satisfaction. Four indicators of inclusive educational policies are analysed: age of tracking, costs of education, enrolment rates, and second-chance opportunities in the educational system. The results show that educational policies indeed moderate the association between social background and well-being: inequalities as measured by the father's social class are smaller in countries where educational policies are more inclusive. Moreover, the analysis shows that the moderating impact of education policies is mediated by individual-level education, activity status, and income. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01