Reforms, Expansion, and Equality of Opportunity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2237745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Y Shavit (0000-0002-2040-303X), Karin Westerbeek |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-47 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018226 |
| OpenAlex | W2328437986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 7 |
Between the 1950s and early 1980s, Italian education expanded rapidly. During the 1960s the educational system was reformed in two important respects. First, in 1963, the unified middle school was established and compulsory schooling was extended to the age of 14. Second, in 1961 and 1969 access to universities was progressively liberalized, enabling students in all upper-secondary tracks, including the vocational colleges (istituti professionali) attended primarily by the working classes, to sit for the matriculation (maturità) examinations and to continue to university. The reform was expected to reduce class inequality in university attendance by raising the chances of working-class students participating in this level of education. Previous research however (Cobalti and Schizzerotto, 1993, 1994) found little change in class inequalities in educational attainment. Using their data, we re-evaluate Cobalti and Schizzerotto's conclusions, and find declining effects of father's education on the odds of completing the lower levels of the educational hierarchy. The declining effects carried-over slightly to the (unconditional) odds of obtaining the maturit4 diploma but did not contribute to equalization of the odds of university attendance. We consider the extent to which the reforms affected these changes and also study changes in gender and regional inequality of educational opportunity
Attendance · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Educational inequality · Hierarchy · Inequality · Logistic regression · Mathematics education · Matriculation · Odds · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Vocational education · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
Does Expanding Free Secondary Education Moderate the Relationship Between Genes and Socioeconomic Outcomes? Evidence from the Education Act of 1944 in England
Educational Expansion and Social Mobility in the 20th Century
Es la inversión pública en educación una política redistributiva?. Un análisis de la composición del gasto por nivel de enseñanza
Rational Action Theory and Educational Attainment. Changes in the Impact of Economic Resources
Educational Mobility Across Three Generations
Social Inequalities in the Choice of Secondary School
Educational equalization stalled? Trends in inequality of educational opportunity between 1930 and 1980 across 26 European nations
Preferential policies and ethnic differences in post‐secondary education in Peninsular Malaysia
Vers un enseignement supérieur européen concurrentiel
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The intergenerational mobility effects of higher education expansion in China
The seeds of discontent
Education as a positional good
Allocation and distribution
Dealing with selection bias in educational transition models
Educational stratification after a decade of reforms on higher education access in Brazil
Both parents matter. Family-based educational inequality in Italy over the second half of the 20th century
Nominal and positional perspectives on educational stratification in Israel
Expansion and inequality of educational opportunity
A new look at schooling inequalities in Italy and their trends over time
School expansion and uneven modernization. Comparing educational inequality in Northern and Southern Italy
The Casmin Educational Classification in International Comparative Research
Erwartete und Unerwartete Folgen der Bildungsexpansion
Explaining Educational Decision and Effects of Families' Social Class Position
What we have learned
Ethnic Inequality in Mexican Education
Inequalities in educational opportunities in France
Schools, policy and social change
Desigualdad de oportunidades educativas en México (1958-2010)
Tracking in context
The Expansion and Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe, 1950-2000
Transitional Inequality Offset
Long-term Trends in Educational Inequality in Europe
Nonpersistent Inequality in Educational Attainment
Formal Education and Contentious Politics
Partisanship, Inequality and the Composition of Public Spending on Education
Declining inequality? The changing impact of socio-economic background and ability on education in Australia
Economic Crisis and Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Latin America
Privatization Reform and Inequality of Educational Opportunity
Inequality of Opportunity in Comparative Perspective
Persistent Inequalities? Expansion of Education and Class Inequality in Italy and Spain
Gender Disparities in Educational Trajectories in India
| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |