Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited with international variation in inequality of educational opportunity (IEO). Comparing East and West Germany before reunification allows us to investigate whether vastly different political, economic and educational systems led to differences in IEO. Post-reunification, East Germany adopted the West's systems and experienced an economic recession. IEO had been smaller in East than in West Germany but was on an upward trajectory before reunification. After 1990, IEO in East Germany converged to the West German level as a result of decreased IEO in the West and increasing levels in the East. Post-reunification convergence suggests differences ...
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with the IOP theory of Roe...
This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different s...
Research in social stratification has shown that children from working-class backgrounds have subst...
Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited...
Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited...
This is the final version. Available from the Society for Sociological Science via the DOI in this r...
In 1990, German unification led to an abrupt and extensive restructuring of the educational system a...
This thesis provides a long-term cross-national comparison of changes in educational at-tainment and...
Educational systems considerably influence educational opportunities and the resulting social inequa...
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and l...
Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one yea...
This research examines educational stratification cross-nationally through the context of German div...
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP t...
In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused o...
Using data on successive birth cohorts from the German Life History Study and the National Education...
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with the IOP theory of Roe...
This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different s...
Research in social stratification has shown that children from working-class backgrounds have subst...
Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited...
Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited...
This is the final version. Available from the Society for Sociological Science via the DOI in this r...
In 1990, German unification led to an abrupt and extensive restructuring of the educational system a...
This thesis provides a long-term cross-national comparison of changes in educational at-tainment and...
Educational systems considerably influence educational opportunities and the resulting social inequa...
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and l...
Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one yea...
This research examines educational stratification cross-nationally through the context of German div...
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP t...
In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused o...
Using data on successive birth cohorts from the German Life History Study and the National Education...
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with the IOP theory of Roe...
This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different s...
Research in social stratification has shown that children from working-class backgrounds have subst...