Published December 2, 2024
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Cross-national Differences in Socioeconomic Achievement Inequality in Early Primary School: The Role of Parental Education and Income in Six Countries
Creators
- 1. German Institute for Economic Research
- 2. University of Bristol
- 3. Leipzig University
- 4. Keio University
- 5. Erasmus University of Rotterdam
- 6. Institut national d'études démographiques
- 7. Columbia University
- 8. Statistics Netherlands
- 9. University of Chicago
- 10. Osaka University of Economics
- 11. Kobe University
- 12. Teikyo University
Description
This paper presents comparative information on the strength of the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and literacy skills at ages 6–8, drawing on data from France, Germany, Japan, Rotterdam (Netherlands), the United Kingdom, and the United States. We investigate whether the strength of the association between SES and literacy skills in early-to-mid childhood depends on the operationalization of SES (parental education, income, or both) and whether differences in inequalities at the end of lower secondary schooling documented in international large-scale assessments are already present when children have experienced at most two years of compulsory schooling. We find marked differences in SES-related inequalities in early achievement across countries that are largely insensitive to the way SES is measured and that seem to mirror inequalities reported for older students. We conclude that country context shapes the link between parental SES and educational achievement, with country differences rooted in the early childhood period.
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Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1177/23328584241299794
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:14264
Funding
- Economic and Social Research Council
- ES/S015191/1
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- ANR-18-ORAR-0001
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- SCHN 1116/1-1
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- WE 1478/12-1
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- 464.18.102
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 20181402
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 21H04982
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 22H04911