The Educational Quality of Early School Leavers and the Cross-National Variation of Their Income Disadvantage

Autor/in	van Alphen, Stan
Titel	The Educational Quality of Early School Leavers and the Cross-National Variation of Their Income Disadvantage
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 15 (2009) 6, S.543-560 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
Schlagwörter	Income; Academic Achievement; Labor Market; Lifelong Learning; Achievement Tests; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Scores; Internet; Socioeconomic Influences; Secondary School Students; Dropouts; Outcomes of Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Educational Attainment; Adolescents; Adults; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einkommen; Schulleistung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Sekundarschüler; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The average quality of available educational resources varies significantly across Europe. This not only affects school success and failure but also subsequent labour market outcomes. The main research question in this paper is to what extent this compositional variation among early school leavers (ESLrs) in particular can account for the cross-national variation of their income disadvantage relative to higher educated individuals. Findings from 3 consecutive years of cross-sectional data (EU Statistics on Income & Living Conditions [EU-SILC], 2005-2007) show that, controlling for the influence of other important country-level indicators, both educational expenditure and a country's mean PISA achievement test score interact with the effect of early school leaving on gross personal income. The income disadvantage of ESLrs is smaller in countries where the average quality of available educational resources is higher. Furthermore, this also applies to educational resources currently available to ESLrs, with the prevalence of lifelong learning yielding the same moderating effect on the income disadvantage of ESLrs. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10