Green, AD;
Pensiero, N;
(2016)
The effects of upper secondary education and training systems on skills inequality: A quasi-cohort analysis using PISA 2000 and the OECD survey of adult skills.
British Educational Research Journal
, 42
(5)
pp. 756-779.
10.1002/berj.3236.
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Abstract
Research tells us much about the effects of primary and lower secondary schooling on skills inequality, but we know less about the impact of the next stage of education. This article uses a difference-in-difference analysis of data on literacy and numeracy skills in PISA 2000 and SAS 2011/12 to assess the contribution of upper secondary education and training to inequalities in skills opportunities and outcomes. It finds that greater parity of esteem between academic and vocational tracks, as found in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, has some positive effects in mitigating skills inequality. However, the most important factors seem to be high completion rates from long cycle upper secondary education and training and mandatory provision of Maths and the national language in the curriculum.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The effects of upper secondary education and training systems on skills inequality: A quasi-cohort analysis using PISA 2000 and the OECD survey of adult skills |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/berj.3236 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/berj.3236 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Authors. British Educational Research Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Educational Research Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Skills inequality, upper secondary education and training systems, apprenticeship, numeracy, literacy |
| 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 - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475204 |
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