Inequality of educational opportunity in East and West Germany : convergence or continued differences
Klein, Markus and Barg, Katherin and Kühhirt, Michael (2018) Inequality of educational opportunity in East and West Germany : convergence or continued differences. Preprint / Working Paper. SocArXiv, Ithaca, NY.. (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3E9UD)
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Abstract
Diversity in education systems, and broader political and economic conditions, are commonly credited with international variations 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 in political context and education policy are crucial for IEO.
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Klein, Markus
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-8938, Barg, Katherin and Kühhirt, Michael;
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Item type: Monograph(Preprint / Working Paper) ID code: 63848 Dates: DateEvent8 February 2018PublishedKeywords: educational inequality, educational reforms, education policy, German Reunification, Education, Education Subjects: Education Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Apr 2018 00:28 Last modified: 25 May 2023 11:13 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63848
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