Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences‐ in‐Differences Evidence Across Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9704460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric A Hanushek (0000-0002-7090-7535, Hoover Institution, Stanford University), Ludger W ößmann (Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 510 |
| Pages | C63-C76 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01076.x |
| OpenAlex | W3122436209 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 279 |
| References cited | 18 |
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary-school system comprehensive. To estimate the effects of such institutional differences in the face of country heterogeneity, we employ an international differences-in-differences approach. We identify tracking effects by comparing differences in outcome between primary and secondary school across tracked and non-tracked systems. Six international student assessments provide eight pairs of achievement contrasts for between 18 and 26 cross-country comparisons. The results suggest that early tracking increases educational inequality. While less clear, there is also a tendency for early tracking to reduce mean performance. Copyright 2006 Royal Economic Society
Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Educational inequality · Inequality · Pedagogy · Tracking (education · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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