Access to higher education during Covid-19
First-generation students in Austria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21725962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sylvia Mandl (0009-0009-5870-3597, Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria, corresponding author), Nora Haag (0009-0004-7929-4570, Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 757-779 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-9041 • E-ISSN: 2165-8714 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14749041241312250 |
| OpenAlex | W4406956549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
In Austria, educational upward mobility remains particularly low compared to other European countries, partly due to the prevalence of early tracking. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a severe economic crisis, and numerous measures were applied on the national labour market and in the higher education sector to counteract the negative consequences. In this paper we analyse how existing inequalities in access to higher education for first-generation students (i.e. students with parents without a tertiary degree) have developed in course of the pandemic, drawing on the unique pool of longitudinal register data collected for all Austrian students. We find that in the first year of the pandemic (2020/21), there is a clear peak in the number of students entering higher education in Austria. However, as this increase is mainly due to students with a tertiary family background, the share of first-generation students continued to decrease during this period. It shows that despite the disruptive effects of the pandemic and new labour market and higher education policies, the enduring downward trend in both the total number and the proportion of first-generation students has not been reversed
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Medicine · Psychology · Virology
The impact of Covid-19 on student experiences and expectations
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students
Education, opportunity, and social inequality
Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change
Student experiences of the Covid‐19 pandemic
Primäre und sekundäre Herkunftseffekte über den Verlauf der Sekundarstufe
Exploring the effects of the Covid-19 emergency remote education on students’ social and academic integration in higher education in Austria
Hitting where it hurts most
Informational capital and the transition to university
Inequality in Transitions to Secondary School and Tertiary Education in Germany
First-generation students
The influence of school tracking systems on educational expectations
Emotional Distress and Access to Mental Healthcare Among First-Generation College Students During the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
First-Generation College Students
Explaining Educational Differentials
Soziale Ungleichheit bei den Übergängen ins Studium und in die Promotion. Eine kumulative Betrachtung von sozialen Herkunftseffekten im nachschulischen Bildungsverlauf
Social Inequalities in Study Trajectories
Early transitions and tertiary enrolment
Mechanisms of Social Inequality Development
Explaining Educational Decision and Effects of Families' Social Class Position
Educational Expansion and Persistent Inequalities of Education
The role of administrative data in the big data revolution in social science research
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |