Jerrim, JP;
Vignoles, A;
Finnie, R;
(2012)
University access for disadvantaged children: A comparison across English speaking countries.
(DoQSS Working Paper
12-11).
Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of Education, University College London: London, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper we consider whether certain countries are particularly adept (or particularly poor) at getting children from disadvantaged homes to study for a bachelor’s degree. A series of university access models are estimated for four English speaking countries (England, Canada, Australia and the United States) which include controls for comparable measures of academic achievement at age 15. We not only consider access to any university but also admission to a ‘selective’ institution. Our results suggest that socio-economic differences in university access are more pronounced in England and Canada than Australia and the United States, and that cross-national variation in the socioeconomic gap remains even once we take account of differences in academic achievement. We discuss the implications of our findings for the creation of more socially mobile societies.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | University access for disadvantaged children: A comparison across English speaking countries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://repec.ioe.ac.uk/REPEc/pdf/qsswp1211.pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the Institute of Education. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. DoQSS Workings Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. |
| Keywords: | University access, educational inequality, social mobility, PISA. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473027 |
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