Tracking and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Konferenzbeitrag

Proponents of tracking argue that the creation of more homogeneous classes increases efficiency while opponents fear that tracking aggravates initial differences between students. We estimate the effects on the intergenerational transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by two years in one of Germany’s federal states. While the reform had no effect on educational outcomes on average, it increased educational attainment among individuals with uneducated parents and decreased attainment among individuals with educated parents. The reform thus lowered the gradient between parental education and own education. The effect is driven entirely by changes in the gradient for males.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel - Session: Economics of Education II ; No. F14-V2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Education and Inequality ; Education: Government Policy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lange, Simon ; von Werder, Marten
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/145784
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET