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Inequality of Educational Opportunity in East and West Germany: Convergence or Continued Differences?
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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,... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
educational inequality; educational policy; comparative research; east-west comparison; educational reform; educational opportunity; reunification; sociology of education; equal opportunity; Germany; political system; economic system; social inequality; old federal states; New Federal States; school career; education system; German Democratic Republic (GDR); Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Sociology of Education
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Free Keywords
German Life History Study (GLHS); German General Social Survey (GGSS); German Microcensus (GMC)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-26
Journal
Sociological Science, 6 (2019)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15195/v6.a1
ISSN
2330-6696
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed