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Family background and school choice in cities of Russia and Estonia: selective agenda of the Soviet past and present
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Abstract In this article, we demonstrate the size of family background effects in various regions of Russia and Estonia, concentrating on urban and rural differences, addressing the idea that the family background effect is moderated by school level admission policies. Having common path-dependent educationa... view more
In this article, we demonstrate the size of family background effects in various regions of Russia and Estonia, concentrating on urban and rural differences, addressing the idea that the family background effect is moderated by school level admission policies. Having common path-dependent educational institutions from the communist period, the countries diff er in both the extensiveness of the welfare state and system level school choice policies. However, we see many commonalities in both systems, especially at the urban school level. The family background eff ect is defi ned as the dependence of student achievement on family background characteristics, such as parental education, income and social status. In operationalising family background, the number of books at home and parental education are used as proxies, and its effect is measured as a percentage of the individual level PISA 2012 score. We contribute to the literature by studying school choice, its key characteristics and moderating effects by school level admission policy in an urban environment.... view less
Keywords
Estonia; educational policy; PISA study; school; Russia; rural area; town; family; school choice
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Free Keywords
admission policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 5-28
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 8 (2016) 3
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed