How equal are educational opportunities?
Subtitle: family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
By: by Ludger Woessmann.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1284; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1284
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Academic achievement -- United States; Academic achievement -- Europe; Family -- United States; Family -- Europe
Description: "This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain and Germany the least. Equality of opportunities is unrelated to countries' mean performance. Quantile regressions show little variation in family-background effects across the ability distribution in most countries"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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