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Klein, Markus ORCID: 0000-0003-1195-8938, Barg, Katherin and Kuehhirt, Michael (2019). Inequality of Educational Opportunity in East and West Germany: Convergence or Continued Differences? Sociol. Sci., 6. S. 1 - 27. STANFORD: SOC SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. ISSN 2330-6696

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Abstract

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. Postreunification, East Germany adopted the West's systems and experienced an economic recession. IEO had been smaller in East Germany 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. Postreunification convergence suggests that differences in political context and education policy are crucial for IEO.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Klein, Markus UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-8938 UNSPECIFIED Barg, Katherin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuehhirt, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-159339
DOI:	10.15195/v6.a1
Journal or Publication Title:	Sociol. Sci.
Volume:	6
Page Range:	S. 1 - 27
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SOC SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	STANFORD
ISSN:	2330-6696
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Scociology
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL-INEQUALITY; LABOR-MARKET; ATTAINMENT; TRANSITION; TRACKING; SYSTEMS; STRATIFICATION; PARTICIPATION; ACHIEVEMENT; PERFORMANCE Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15933