International audiencePupils from modest socio-economic backgrounds choose less selective academic tracks than others at the same level of ability. Pupils from more modest backgrounds underestimate their own ability; they believe that they are less likely to succeed in a selective academic track, and they have a tendency to conform to the choices of their peers. In addition, outside influence (from the parents or school) over the course of the last year of junior high tends to exacerbate the gap for weaker students, but narrow the gap for stronger students. We propose specific policy interventions based on these findings.Les élèves d’origine sociale modeste aspirent à des filières académiques moins sélectives que leurs pairs de mê...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
International audienceThis paper examines the labour-market returns to different high school tracks ...
International audiencePupils from modest socio-economic backgrounds choose less selective academic t...
International audiencePupils from modest socio-economic backgrounds choose less selective academic t...
This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response t...
International audienceSelection practices in education, such as tracking, may represent a structural...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
06012National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the w...
La ségrégation sociale à l’école peut être porteuse d’inégalités entre élèves, dans la mesure où la ...
National audienceThe results of this research highlight the inequal nature of the process of choosin...
National audienceThe results of this research highlight the inequal nature of the process of choosin...
It is well established in the literature on social stratification in educational attainment that chi...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
International audienceThis paper examines the labour-market returns to different high school tracks ...
International audiencePupils from modest socio-economic backgrounds choose less selective academic t...
International audiencePupils from modest socio-economic backgrounds choose less selective academic t...
This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response t...
International audienceSelection practices in education, such as tracking, may represent a structural...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the way so...
06012National audienceUsing PISA 2000 data, this study presents an international comparison of the w...
La ségrégation sociale à l’école peut être porteuse d’inégalités entre élèves, dans la mesure où la ...
National audienceThe results of this research highlight the inequal nature of the process of choosin...
National audienceThe results of this research highlight the inequal nature of the process of choosin...
It is well established in the literature on social stratification in educational attainment that chi...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
While considerable educational research has established objective and subjective status differences ...
International audienceThis paper examines the labour-market returns to different high school tracks ...