Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany – The Last Five Decades
Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany – The Last Five Decades
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DOI：
10.1515/jbnst-2009-0104
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发表时间：
2007-08
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G. Heineck;R. Riphahn
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作者：
G. Heineck;R. Riphahn
在过去的几十年里，德国教育系统进行了多次改革，以改善“机会平等”，即保证所有独立于父母背景的学生平等接受高等教育。与此同时，国际比较证据表明，德国在受教育程度方面的代际流动性特别低。本研究调查了1929年至1978年德国出生队列在中学学历方面的代际教育流动性的发展。我们检验父母教育背景对儿童教育结果的影响是否随时间而改变。尽管大规模的公共政策干预和教育改革，我们的结果显示，在过去几十年里，父母的教育背景对儿童发展的影响并没有显著降低。
Summary Over the last decades the German education system underwent numerous reforms in order to improve “equality of opportunity”, i.e. to guarantee all pupils independent of parental background equal access to higher education. At the same time internationally comparative evidence yields that Germany features particularly low intergenerational mobility with respect to educational attainment. This study investigates the development in intergenerational education mobility in Germany for the birth cohorts 1929 through 1978 with respect to secondary school attainment. We test whether the impact of parental educational background on child educational outcomes changed over time. In spite of massive public policy interventions and education reforms our results yield no significant reduction in the role of parental educational background for child outcomes over the last decades.